Edwards in '04!

Yep, you read that right. Check out this little story that will be a footnote in your children's history textbooks. From AP:

An unknown Minnesota Democrat earned a footnote in history Monday by casting one of the state's 10 Electoral College votes for John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential running mate for John Kerry.

The Edwards vote gives Minnesota its first "faithless elector," the dubious name for Electoral College members who snub the candidate who won the state's popular vote in the general election. Kerry, who beat President Bush in Minnesota but lost overall, wound up with nine of the state's electoral votes.

That's quite a ballsy political statement. Let's find out this freedom fighter's name so we can laud him.

No one claimed credit for the Edwards vote. Several electors said they suspected that someone unconsciously mixed up the two Johns on the ticket rather than purposefully made a political statement.

"If it was meant to be a protest-type vote I would be up front and say, 'This is how I voted,' " elector Frank Simon of Chaska said. "It doesn't seem like anyone is coming forth to say that."

Added elector Michael Meuers of Bemidji: "I'm certainly glad that the Electoral College is not separated by one vote."

Accidentally voted for the wrong person? In writing? And we have an Electoral College to protect us?

So who is this rogue elector that is toying with national politics? My guess is him.