Last 2 Veep Nominees Are Party Pariahs

As Joe Biden takes the stage tonight in Denver, his last two predecessors won't be there, and they're not welcome, the New York Times reports. While the philandering John Edwards has his share of detractors—one delegate called him "a sick puppy"—it's turncoat Joe Lieberman who elicits the most hatred.

One Texas delegate said that in Denver, Edwards "would have to go into hiding," while Lieberman would "have to leave town in the back of a trunk." Vitriol toward the 2000 VP nominee is nearly universal. Said a delegate from Massachusetts: "Edwards was only unfaithful to his wife. Lieberman was unfaithful to an entire party." (More Democratic National Convention stories.)