John-John ticket

PARTY PLAYING THE CHARISMA CARD VS. GOP-NY Post-By DEBORAH ORIN

John Kerry went for a jolt of charisma when he tapped John Edwards for veep on a John-John ticket — instead of the guy he thought would make the best president.

Edwards adds rock-star political glamour as the most charismatic Democratic speaker since Bill Clinton — although Edwards actually won just one 2004 Democratic primary (in South Carolina, where he was born).

When they were rivals, Kerry ridiculed Edwards as someone who'd need "on-the-job training" and gibed he wasn't sure if the fresh-faced Edwards was even "out of diapers" when Kerry came home from Vietnam.