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August 19, 2008 2:59 PM

Obama Veep Pick To Come Friday

Posted by Brian Montopoli
CBS News has confirmed that Barack Obama's campaign now plans to announce Obama's vice presidential choice to supporters via email and text message on Friday afternoon. (This plan could change, of course.)

He will then appear with his running mate at noon the next day in Springfield, Illinois, CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder reports.

Media reports today have suggested that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Delaware Senator Joseph Biden as the names now atop Obama's list.
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by llbear1009 August 21, 2008 6:02 PM EDT
Reguardless of who Obama picks as Veep, he will win Illinois''s electoral college votes. That is the only race that matters. McCain can retire to any one of his 7 homes, if only he could remember where they are.
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by jdbell34 August 21, 2008 4:10 AM EDT
To all of Hillary''s supporters I have some common sense advice...Grow up! We don''t need your help getting Barack Elected, trust me; McCain is not going to win in November. Barack is right; "He(McCain) has no ideal what is in for". Barack is using the "Rope-a-dope" and will eventually knock McCain out.
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by lepatgen August 20, 2008 11:04 AM EDT
Both Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton would be a great choice for VP. Barack Obama is more than qualified to be president but he needs to learn how to fight the McCain/Bush smear machine. Hillary or Biden would be a big help in that department.
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by tomcool1277 August 20, 2008 7:12 AM EDT
i''''m still voting mccain, after that the democratic national committee treated hillary as they did. if obama were stupid enough to offer her the vp spot, i''''d surely hope she''''d turn him down flat. he''''s a goner in november.
Posted by callistemon at 03:43 AM : Aug 20, 2008 ** Why are you dumb enough to vote for Amnesty Mccain??? I''m not all that thrilled about Obama, but atleast he doesn''t want to give amnesty to over 20 million illegals like Amnesty Mccain wants! Amnesty Mccain would be even worse than Bush!
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by callistemon-2009 August 20, 2008 6:43 AM EDT
i''m still voting mccain, after that the democratic national committee treated hillary as they did. if obama were stupid enough to offer her the vp spot, i''d surely hope she''d turn him down flat. he''s a goner in november.
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by siobama August 20, 2008 4:45 AM EDT

ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION.

DEMOCRATS FOR 2008 !!
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by siobama August 20, 2008 4:45 AM EDT

ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION.

DEMOCRATS FOR 2008 !!
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by siobama August 20, 2008 4:44 AM EDT

ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION.

DEMOCRATS FOR 2008 !!
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by ldvoigt August 20, 2008 1:43 AM EDT
HE DOES NOT NEED HER HE HAS BY THE POLL 72% OF HER PEOPLE AND THE REST A LOT WERE rep.AND IDIOTS
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by ldvoigt August 20, 2008 1:40 AM EDT
brian Hillary has too much baggage with billy boy she will be a target for rep.
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by ldvoigt August 20, 2008 1:38 AM EDT
tom the senile old man is not going to win, he is a fake and liar
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by ldvoigt August 20, 2008 1:36 AM EDT
no billary she is a witch
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by ldvoigt August 20, 2008 1:35 AM EDT
NO BILLARY ANYONE BUT THAT WITCH
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by vwcat August 19, 2008 11:52 PM EDT
Polysci, you can go ahead and vote for McSame. Obama is not going to tie himself to the Billary circus so you can forget that lame idea!
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by vwcat August 19, 2008 11:50 PM EDT
I heard about the Springfield event early this afternoon and immediately my husband and I made plans to go.
We were at the Feb. 2007 announcement and would love to be there for this.
We live about 3 hrs. north of Springfield in north central Illinois and this is going to be huge.
I am expecting a larger crowd then the 17,000 that braved 10 degree weather that morning of Obama''s announcement.
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by stn_sage August 19, 2008 10:47 PM EDT
Unless you already have your ticket for one of the underground bases the government has built when the ultimate emergency happens, whether it''s environmental or nuclear war, I wouldn''t vote for McCain, if I were you! Because without that magic ticket, you''ll be stuck
on the surface looking the devil in the eye! And it won''t be pretty!
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by brianca1 August 19, 2008 10:15 PM EDT
Hillary for VP!
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by brianca1 August 19, 2008 10:11 PM EDT
I am small business owner in California and I VOTED for Senator Hillary Clinton during CA primary.

I for one will not vote for Barack Obama if he so chooses to not select Hillary Clinton as his VP. The clock is ticking, so I hope he does his research and remember that he cannot win without a solid number of Clinton loyalists coming over to his side. That is a fact.

P.S. Delaware only has 3 electoral votes; Biden would be a costly mistake electoral wise and his motor mouth.
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by tomcool1277 August 19, 2008 9:06 PM EDT
Hillary Supporters need to come home to the democratic ticket this November! Amnesty Mccain shares none of the same values as Hillary Clinton. Amnesty Mccain is the same as bush but even worse than bush! I''d honestly rather 4 more years of bush than any years of Amnesty Mccain!
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by tomcool1277 August 19, 2008 9:04 PM EDT
Yep, if your screen name is "blackisbest", then you''''ve just GOT to have LOTS of brains and credibility.Posted by michaelt302 at 04:59 PM : Aug 19, 2008*** He is more credible than a moron like you that wants to vote for Amnesty Mccain! You really want us to be under the rule of Exxon mobile again like we have the past 8 years? Why do you support corporate greed? How do you sleep at night supporting amnesty Mccain???
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