Rep. Edwards’s Stock Rises

After Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas) may have been the biggest winner of the Democratic veepstakes.

Even many of Edwards supporters had dismissed his chances of actually being selected for the post. The more cynical said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) might have pushed his name for her own purposes, perhaps feeling slighted by the prominence given to senators by the presidential contest.

Many of those same people were surprised to hear he made the final cut and shocked to read how extensive Edwards’s vetting was.

But there’s one senior congressional source who called it right all along, who now says Edwards star is shooting upward in Democratic politics.

“He can only come out of this enhanced,” the source said. “In politics anything that raises you up out of the masses is good.”

Since Biden was picked and Edwards