38,400

No, that's not the latest John Kerry Superdelegate tally.

That's the number of hits returned by a Google search on "John+Edwards+cute".

I'm not going to make an aesthetic judgement about the gentleman from North Carolina, but I have to admit that the quip he delivered after the Wisconsin primary, which has been replayed by every week end campaign wrap up I've heard, was pretty cute in its own way.

"Objects in your mirror," as the Senator says, "may be closer than they appear." Of course, those objects, he should remember, only appear in your mirror because they're behind you.

How far behind?

Well, SurveyUSA offers a snapshot of a few key places:

California Kerry +45 over Edwards
Florida Kerry +51 over Edwards
Georgia Kerry +31 over Edwards
Connecticutt Kerry +55 over Edwards
Rhode Island Kerry +59 over Edwards

And in New York, the latest Marist Poll has it:

Kerry +51 over Edwards

But hey, "Vice President John Edwards" sounds kind of, ummm, "cute," too...