For whatever it is worth, the Edwards coverage over the last 24 hours has been more intense, more positive, and more saturated than what he received during his announcement week in December. (Even the Wall Street Journal's editorial page had nice things to say about Edwards today). Obviously, this wasn't meant to be couched in political terms, as pollster/friend Harrison Hickman put it in the New York Times: "Asked for his gut sense of how the campaign would turn out for Mr. Edwards, Mr. Hickman said: 'I don't really know, I don't. It's another window into him, and I think it gives people a better sense of who he is and what he's all about.'"

The Edwards camp sent out a blast email to supporters yesterday thanking them for their thoughts and prayers, a reminder that the campaign does go on.

Meanwhile, Teresa Heinz (Kerry) admitted on "Imus" this morning that "selfishly" she's glad John Kerry didn't run in '08. She chimed in that she would have been on board, though, had he decided to run.

The "1984" YouTube creator, Philip de Vellis, is getting connected a bit more closely to the Obama campaign than they perhaps would like, the New York Post suggests. De Vellis "boasted about his work for Obama in an e-mail he sent to friends announcing the launch of the Illinois Democrat's glitzy new Web site last month. 'Check out Barack's new Web site,' de Vellis wrote in the e-mail, which was obtained by The Post. 'One shameless look-at-me plug, I designed the MyBarackObama toolbox that is on the front page and all the sidebar pages.' More: "Thomas Gensemer, Blue State's managing director, said de Vellis was referring only to 'generic toolset graphics' that are 'company assets' and could be used for other clients, although they do appear on Obama's site." 

The Washington Post gets what seems to be the first comment from the Clinton camp over the unmasking of de Vellis. "Howard Wolfson, Clinton's communications director, said he finds it 'disappointing that we all believed this ad was made by an average citizen expressing himself or herself, and that turned out not to be the case.' Asked if the Obama camp should disavow the video, Wolfson said: 'That's their decision.'"

A Tsumani Tuesday update: Tennessee has moved one step closer to moving its primary up from February 12 to February 5. The bill passed the state House overwhelming. A key Tennessee GOP leader tells us there is bipartisan support to move this up.