Conrad: Obama Considering Ex-Military Leaders For VP

By: Scott Conroy
Topics: VP Sweepstakes

In picking his running mate, Barack Obama has said he intends to keep the process confidential and is "not gonna do it in the press." But it appears that someone forgot to send the memo to Kent Conrad.

After meeting with Obama's vice presidential vetting search committee on Tuesday, the North Dakota senator told the Associated Press that Obama is considering former top military leaders for the VP slot.

Conrad didn't get into specifics, saying that the Obama team had tossed around "many names" among current elected officials, former elected officials and former military leaders, according to the AP.

Meanwhile, at a press conference in St. Louis today, Obama said that the decision of who to select as his running mate ultimately rests with the candidate himself, reports CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic.

"They are giving me information and, then, I will then exercise judgment in terms of who I want to select as a VP candidates," Obama said.

Scott Conroy
Scott Conroy is a National Political Reporter for RealClearPolitics and a contributor for CBS News.
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by rowdywicca June 11, 2008 11:42 PM EDT: Not many people waving their hands going ''pick me, pick me! for this losers VP slot is there?; Reply to this comment


by libh8er June 11, 2008 3:41 PM EDT: Well, well......so Mr Ubama''s VP vetter is in business with, and manages a fund for G. Soros. More ''change'' from Ubama.; Reply to this comment


by seah5 June 11, 2008 10:19 AM EDT: Obama trying to get someone who knows something on board.

For his war with Iran? or the one to Liberate Africa?; Reply to this comment


by kansas1946 June 11, 2008 3:46 AM EDT: There are democrats that served honorably in what military? Certainly not the US military that they screw at every opportunity.

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Posted by DemWatcher at 10:07 PM : Jun 10, 2008
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Really dumb post in my humble opinion. Bush has screwed up the military with the help of his draft-dodging VP, more than anyone in recent memory.; Reply to this comment


by ioweign June 11, 2008 1:35 AM EDT: There are democrats that served honorably in what military? Certainly not the US military that they screw at every opportunity.

Posted by DemWatcher at 10:07 PM : Jun 10, 2008

A pathetic effort to cover up Bush''s war on a dime at the expense of our troops...

"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time."; Reply to this comment


by demwatcher June 11, 2008 1:07 AM EDT: There are democrats that served honorably in what military? Certainly not the US military that they screw at every opportunity.; Reply to this comment


by omaar-101 June 11, 2008 12:50 AM EDT: Say good-bye to more constitutional freedoms. The decay into the Socialist/Marxist state of Hussein Obama is beginning.

ANS: YOU A$$ HOLE, YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS, PDF FILE THE CARL ROVE, D!CK CHENEY & GEORGE BUSH BACKED (PATRIOT ACT)....

GEORGE BUSH, YOUR MARXIST PRESIDENT, HAS TAKEN WHATS LEFT OF YOUR PRIVACY, BOTH PUBLIC & PRIVATE....

YOUR EMAIL, YOUR CELL & HOME PHONES ARE READ & TAPPED OR CAN BE TAPPED.

YOU CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT BEING READ YOUR RIGHTS AND YOU CAN BE INTERROGATED, TORTURED, HELD & QUESTIONED WITHOUT A LAWYER. THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST SUSPECTS, BUT AMERICAN CITIZENS !!

CALL THE (PATRIOT ACT), THE GEORGE BUSH, D!CK CHENEY & CARL ROVE, UNIVERSAL FEDERAL POLICE STATE ACT...

ITS A UNIVERSAL UMBRELLA AND COVERS ALL !!!

HAHAHAHAHA !!!!

THE FEDERAL, STATE, CITY & COUNTY CAMERA IS ON YOUR A$$ AT EVERY CORNER.

WHO THE HE!! ARE YOU TRYING TO FOOL, YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS, YOU HAVE ONLY THE GRACE THAT THIS GOVERNMENT GIVES YOU...

GOT IT ...GREAT !!

NOW BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY AND DO, BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU; Reply to this comment


by omaar-101 June 11, 2008 12:49 AM EDT: Posted by Obama4Janito: John McCain, had an Affair an left his Ill Wife, for a Younger Woman.

Never Fought in Battle, 6 Crashed Planes and gave The Viet Cong Vital information, while captive.

Talks about Obama willingness to pull out of Iraq and calls it Surrendering !!

Though his Dumb A$$ Surrendered, Told Government Secrets and was part of a War, that SURRENDERED & GAVE UP & PULLED OUT OF VIET NAM.

The Oil companies goals and plans deal with staying in Iraq for 35 Years or More.

Ole 71-72 yr. Old McCain...Your Senior Citizen A$$ is AARP, Grazing Grass !!; Reply to this comment


by obama4janito June 10, 2008 10:41 PM EDT: Jim Webb, moral coward and widow disser.

A guy who turned his back on President Reagan and refused Nancy Reagan''s plea not to show images of himself with her husband during his moveon.org funded campaign as a Democrat.

A guy who calls himself a Reagan Democrat, not realizing that Stepin'' Fetchit hates WHITE Reagan Democrats. But hey, he''ll buss Obama''s gutless arse but not support a fellow veteran who loves this country.

Jim Webb - not only a moral coward but as stupid as the day is long.; Reply to this comment


by omaar-101 June 10, 2008 8:12 PM EDT: Obama`s Running Mate, will be..

James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is the junior Senator from Virginia.

He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Webb served as a Marine Corps infantry officer until 1972, and is a highly decorated Vietnam War combat veteran.

During his four years with the Reagan administration, Webb served as the first Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, then as Secretary of the Navy.

Webb won the Democratic nomination for the 2006 Virginia Senate race by defeating Harris Miller in the primary, then won the general election by defeating the Republican incumbent George Allen.

Webb''''s thin margin in the general election (less than 0.5%) kept the outcome uncertain for nearly two days after polls closed on November 7, 2006, and provided the final seat that tilted the Senate to Democratic control.

Webb would become the senior Senator from Virginia in 2009 with the planned retirement of current senior Senator John Warner.; Reply to this comment