This is old terrain, I know, but I feel I need to give it one last shot. I have a list of VP candidates including Kathleen Sebelius, Mark Warner, Ed Rendell, and Ted Strickland, but my top choice is John Edwards.
     I say this with the full understanding that he could not even deliver NC for Kerry in '04. I say this knowing that those two did not have the smoothest of campaigns - fighting over the damn campaign slogan for crying out loud.
     My argument is this: Simply, WE ARE READY! In '04, I distinctly remember thinking the GOP could not possibly win this election with all of the spit and ferver and anger towards George Bush. What I underestimated was the fear factor that Rove and the boys instilled in the people of this country (Bush is the only one that can protect you). Today, I think the people see it for what it was, and do not wish to make the same mistake.
     Of course McCain is not Bush, but he's damn close. It will be the Obama/Edwards campaign, the media and the people to make that stick. I include the media because there seems to be this attentiveness by them to call out fear tactics when they see them. I could be way off, but I do not recall the media calling the parties out in '04 when fear tactics were used like they are doing this cycle.
     Back to Edwards. I think he is that final ingredient to this movement. He is a movement unto himself when it comes to the poorest of our society, and the fighter spirit he presents. Edwards, of course reaches that working class segment that Obama has not reached so far.  Obama is speaking more to the middle class. The working class will vote for Obama/Edwards this time because the economy , not the war,  is issue number 1 (jobs), 2(fuel prices), and 3 (mortgage crisis). To the working class right now, Obama's message is a little like backround noise with all the distractions (his race, smear emails, flag pins) drowning out his message. Edwards will make that message live, like memorex (remember those commercials?). Edwards will free the people of certain fears and apprehensions.
     The other thing is that Edwards seems ready to throw a punch. Something that has been a nice surprise to most when it comes from Obama. (I knew Obama had it in him all along. He's more fighter than people give him credit for). But this is also a key duty of the VP. Of the other players I named above, Rendell is the only one that I know throws punches (and connects often).
     This election is ripe for the taking. With this tag team of fighters for the poor and middle class, I envision a knockout.