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Obama's running mate

Who will be Obama's running mate?

Hillary Clinton	2 votes
Kathleen Sebelius	1 votes
Joe Biden	7 votes
Evan Bayh	1 votes
Tim Kaine	1 votes
Chet Edwards	0 votes
Chris Dodd	0 votes
John Edwards	0 votes
Nymr83 hates the Democrats and purposefully left _____ out of the options. fill in the blank below.	0 votes

Nymr83 Aug 22 2008 04:49 PM

don't vote in the poll once it is anounced please.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 22 2008 04:52 PM

voting for Joe but pretty sure it won't be him. I'd be shocked if McCain doesn't get Romney

Nymr83 Aug 22 2008 05:01 PM

i voted for Sebelius, I think they want to bring a woman on as an act of appeasement to the Hillary crowd but Obama is smart enough to know that Hillary herself would be more trouble than shes worth to him.

Mendoza Line Aug 22 2008 05:03 PM

Reports of Obama/Bayh bumper stickers being printed in Kansas: http://www.kmbc.com/politics/17267009/detail.html Not that it means anything. Obama's staffers probably would have had Obama/Biden, Obama/Kaine, Obama/Sebelius, &c., &c. stickers printed elsewhere, just to throw people off the scent trail. I voted Bayh, anyway. Federal-level experience plus a proven ability to win voters in a Republican-leaning state plus no record of having plagiarized speeches from Neil Kinnock.

metirish Aug 22 2008 05:03 PM

I am hoping it is Biden , he'd be my pick.

Nymr83 Aug 22 2008 05:06 PM

]Reports of Obama/Bayh bumper stickers being printed in Kansas those could be like 2008 Superbowl champion New England Patriots shirts. 19-0!... whoops.

Kong76 Aug 22 2008 05:26 PM

Maybe if he picked Nancy Pelosi she'll do five percent of the stuff she said she'd do once the VP and not just The Speaker.

AG/DC Aug 22 2008 05:32 PM

Obama/Bayh stickers will look nice on African cars. Bayh and Kaine bring in swing states. Hillary brings in a swing gender. I'm betting that they've sat down with each other, along with Valadius, and hammered this out in secret. Yes, I reaize it's pretty insane that such a summit could occur and escape the media.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 22 2008 05:41 PM

He's waiting too long. The hour-buy-hour build-up has become so intense that when he actually names someone, it will be a letdown -- unless it's someone off the charts crazy like Caroline Kennedy or Colin Powell. And none of the people on that list are that exciting.

Kong76 Aug 22 2008 07:18 PM

Anyone get their gimmicky cellie text yet?

metirish Aug 22 2008 07:33 PM

MSNBC saying that Bayh and Kaine are not the choice.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 22 2008 07:34 PM

]WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine have been told by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign they will not be his vice presidential choice, NBC News reported on Friday quoting sources. Speculation about Obama's choice has centered on Bayh, Kaine and Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden. Other names in the mix include Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Texas Rep. Chet Edwards. Obama and his campaign have offered little information but the Illinois senator said earlier this week he had made up his mind about the choice.

metirish Aug 22 2008 07:35 PM

The Onion is reporting that Willie Randolph is the choice.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 22 2008 07:36 PM

Recalling now how the Post screwed up Kerry's pick last time around.

seawolf17 Aug 22 2008 07:37 PM

OH MY GAWD! EVAN BAYH IS IN BARACK OBAMA'S BOX! OH GOODNESS GRACIOUS!

TheOldMole Aug 22 2008 07:56 PM

Want Hillary, predict Biden.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 22 2008 08:16 PM

Word now is he will send that text late morning and show up with the dude or dudette at an event tomorrow afternoon.

metirish Aug 22 2008 08:17 PM

Probably has Sprint and the text didn't go through.

AG/DC Aug 22 2008 09:06 PM

Do you think they're planning on jerking people around all night by eliminating a different candidate with a leak every two hours?

Nymr83 Aug 23 2008 12:22 AM

TheOldMole wrote: Want Hillary, predict Biden. they're saying it Biden now. I feel like Hilary would be much like William Seward in thinking she would be able to try and run things from the inside as the more qualified person.

Frayed Knot Aug 23 2008 05:35 AM Re: Obama's running mate

Nymr83 wrote: don't vote in the poll once it is anounced please. Well how the hell else am I supposed to get it right? It's Biden!!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 23 2008 05:54 AM

Biden could make history: He'd be the first vice president whose wife's ex-husband drank beer with me.

Frayed Knot Aug 23 2008 06:20 AM

And yet he got through the vetting process anyway.

Kong76 Aug 23 2008 06:30 AM

Todd Pratt is Biden's wife's ex-husband?

AG/DC Aug 23 2008 08:48 AM

Biden released a statement saying how happy he is to run with somebody as clean as Obama.

MFS62 Aug 23 2008 09:36 AM

"Tail Gunner Joe" has cred with veterans, and that shores up some of the weakness in Obama's experience. Also, Biden can be let loose as the attack dog, to say things Obama's camp thinks need to be said about McCain. For example, if the Republicans point to his speech plagerism accusations of a few years ago, I'm sure Biden will come back with something like "McCain is plagerizing all of Bush's failed policies". he doesn't mince words. Later

Nymr83 Aug 23 2008 01:27 PM

nah, plagiarism is too easy. maybe they can ask him about his comment that Obama isn't ready to be president and his later comment that he'd "stand by that comment."

Farmer Ted Aug 23 2008 01:31 PM

Hillary: 18 million votes in the primaries Biden: 9,000 votes in the primaries. Obama showing he needed someone with vast political experience shows one thing: He has none.

AG/DC Aug 23 2008 01:32 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 23 2008 01:57 PM

MFS62 wrote: Also, Biden can be let loose as the attack dog, to say things Obama's camp thinks need to be said about McCain. For example, if the Republicans point to his speech plagerism accusations of a few years ago, I'm sure Biden will come back with something like "McCain is plagerizing all of Bush's failed policies". Is this that "new politics" I've been hearing so much about?

sharpie Aug 23 2008 01:48 PM

]nah, plagiarism is too easy. maybe they can ask him about his comment that Obama isn't ready to be president and his later comment that he'd "stand by that comment." That'll be hard to keep repeating next week after McCain picks Romney.

Nymr83 Aug 23 2008 02:21 PM

very true, and maybe a good reason to stay away from Romney. I'm not sure what Romney really does for McCain.

metirish Aug 25 2008 05:50 PM

Holy crap , I am watching the Dems convention on MSNBC and they have Tim Russerts son Luke inside working the floor and it is scary how much he sounds like his Dad .

Farmer Ted Aug 26 2008 06:56 AM

Ted giving the same speech he gave in 1980. Michelle is live at 10:30 pm Eastern? Who schedules this shit?

sharpie Aug 26 2008 07:48 AM

10:30 Eastern is 9:30 Central is 8:30 Mountain is 7:30 Pacific. It's the most primetimish you can get. Networks only cover from 10-11 EDT. I'd never heard her speak before. I thought she did very well.