John Edwards actually said...

"This is a guy that can beat George Bush every place in America, in the north, in the west, in the Midwest and talking like this in the south."

"This is not George Bush's backyard. This is my backyard."

"This is a man who campaigned for the last week, indeed for the last two weeks, saying, I'm a southerner. I can win here in the south."

"That's who's leaving the White House come November."