Obama Ready To Pick Running Mate?
August 19th, 2008 at 03:26am Matt Margolis
Could it be that Obamessiah is ready to share some of the spotlight?
Senator Barack Obama has all but settled on his choice for a running mate and set an elaborate rollout plan for his decision, beginning with an early morning alert to supporters, perhaps as soon as Wednesday morning, aides said.
Obama’s deliberations remain remarkably closely held. Aides said perhaps a half-dozen advisers were involved in the final discussions in an effort to enforce a command that Obama issued to staff members: that his decision not leak out until supporters are notified.
Obama had not notified his choice — or any of those not selected — of his decision as of late Monday, advisers said. Going into the final days, Obama was said to be focused mainly on three candidates: Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia and Senator Joseph Biden Jr. of Delaware.
If I had to guess which of the three he’d pick, I’d put my money on Kaine.
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8 Comments
1. Obama Ready To Pick Runni&hellip | August 19th, 2008 at 3:46 am
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2. Retired Spook | August 19th, 2008 at 7:39 am
One of the reasons it’s taken so long is that the Obama campaign is faced with such a unique dynamic in that picking a candidate who won’t upstage Obama in terms of qualifications has proved to be a lot tougher than they had imagined. Politicians who are less qualified than Obama don’t just grow on trees.
3. neocon | August 19th, 2008 at 7:57 am
I hear Gavin Newsome is available.
4. Bull | August 19th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
one of my clients is a good friend of tom kaine’s and he doesn’t think kaine will be the choice. but you never know….
5. Kahn | August 19th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Ralph Nader
Cindy Sheehan
Michael Moore
or any one of these outstanding individuals:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24853_Leftists_Supporting_the_Troops&only
6. Danish Artist | August 19th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Obama’s campaign is based on image and not qualification. The candidates need to meet two critical criteria - 1) the candidate also has a good image but not higher than the chosen one and 2) the candidate cannot have more experience as to show the chosen one as inept and naive as he truly is which his image campaign is trying to hide.
“chosen one” as defined by Pelosi the other day “a leader that God has blessed us with at this time.”
7. Ricorun | August 19th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Here’s my prediction: Kathleen Sebelius — assuming Hillary allows it, lol!
8. 42 | August 19th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
“Politicians who are less qualified than Obama don’t just grow on trees.”
right? if only he had graduated at the bottom 1% of his class and got shot down in a plane he was hardly qualified to fly…sigh, if only