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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 irliberal August 19, 2008 3:32 PM PDT
GO HILLARY! I hope she gets his pick for VP. But if she doesn''t that''s ok too. GO OBAMA!!!
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by willcaine August 19, 2008 3:34 PM PDT
Picking Hillary would be the obvious thing to do. Sometimes, it''s smart to do the obvious.
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by dmorgan4u August 19, 2008 3:39 PM PDT
down with obama this is aN OBAMANATION TO ELECT THIS MAN TO PRESIDENT
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by lilvinnyb August 19, 2008 3:43 PM PDT
Im not surprised that they are bringing this out now.

Keeps the fact that Obama got ABSOLUTELY STOMPED in his first "debate" with Mccain out of the news a bit.

No wonder why hes avoid standing side-by-side with McCain.
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by phillysage August 19, 2008 3:44 PM PDT
It looks more and more like Obama will pick Joe Biden, the plagiarer from Delaware. It makes sense. Joe Biden, a male chauvinist pig who always hated Hillary deep down is, if possible, even more of an egotistical two-faced smug glory-seeker than is Barack. This VP pick will reconfirm all of the worst fears many of us Democrats and other Americans have about Obama''s lack of character. The pick of Joe Biden will not only show his lack of character but also of political judgment. Evan Bayh is the logical choice to heal party wounds. But it seems that the Obama crowd, now just 5 points ahead of McCain in a year when any Dem should be 20 points ahead, is determined to lose the election. And drag a lot of promising Dem Senate and House candidates down with him. What a shame!
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by intelliwoman August 19, 2008 3:59 PM PDT
phillysage- lol who do you think you''re foolin''?
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by mydiatribe August 19, 2008 4:03 PM PDT
If Obama has any thoughts about choosing anybody but Hillary he is wise to do it before the convention.
He''s already surrendered the whole Convention to The Clintons.
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by realpatriot1 August 19, 2008 4:23 PM PDT
Vast-R-WCon,

Let that hatred you have for Obama keep building to a boil.

By November 5 you''ll be primed to jump out of a 5th floor window or off a bridge.
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by jmurrieta1 August 19, 2008 4:23 PM PDT
"Keeps the fact that Obama got ABSOLUTELY STOMPED in his first "debate" with Mccain out of the news a bit."--Posted by lilvinnyb


You''re a hoot! Obama at least had the guts to go to a crowd that was bound to be hostile.

McCain is too gutless to appear anywhere except tightly controlled "town hall" meetings where participants are handpicked.

And even so, Obama showed he could think. All McCain could do was spout the usual bushit!

Let''s see McCain and Obama in a real debate, with real questions.

And McCain won''t get the questions in advance, or be allowed to wear a wire so his handlers can tell him what to say.

Obama''s gonna rip McCain a new a$$hole.
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by cold777 August 19, 2008 4:27 PM PDT
Posted by ddhinnyc at 04:25 PM
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The fact that you read Michelle Malkin is hysterically funny!
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by realpatriot1 August 19, 2008 4:40 PM PDT
ddhinnyc,

And yet the George & John Show still downplays Afghanistan & Pakastan for iraq.

Go figure!
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by allurfears August 19, 2008 4:43 PM PDT
And McCain won''''t get the questions in advance, or be allowed to wear a wire so his handlers can tell him what to say.

Obama''''s gonna rip McCain a new a$$hole.

Posted by jmurrieta1 at 04:23 PM : Aug 19, 2008
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Yes, McLiar (or McCheater) fell off of the straight talk express a long time ago.

Lying with a straight face is the only "straight" McLiar has left left.
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by davide73-2009 August 19, 2008 4:46 PM PDT
Read who the media''s choices are. And then conclude that it is someone else that will be chosen. Whether the media is as stupid as they appear to be, or just malevolent, is unclear. One thing is clear. The power that the media have to distort the truth needs to be removed from them, by force if necessary.
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by blackisbest August 19, 2008 4:47 PM PDT
John Mcwarmonger is a crusty old cript keeper! my friends! obama 08
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by blackisbest August 19, 2008 4:48 PM PDT
john mcwarmonger is the antichrist.
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by blackisbest August 19, 2008 4:50 PM PDT
A vote for mcwarmonger is a vote for world war three. My friends!
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by polysci2 August 19, 2008 5:00 PM PDT
If he wants our votes (5 of us here in El Paso) - he had better choose Hillary Clinton - otherwise, we will all vote for McCain.
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by dnsallday August 19, 2008 5:15 PM PDT
If he wants our votes (5 of us here in El Paso) - he had better choose Hillary Clinton - otherwise, we will all vote for McCain.

Posted by polysci2
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I wouldn''t brag about it If I were you.
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by prsolinger August 19, 2008 5:26 PM PDT
There is only one reason a Hillary supporter would vote for McCain over Obama. Sore loser. They are bitter that Obama won a fair contest, and they can''t bring themselves to vote for him. How pathetic.

If you truly care for what Hillary stood for, then there is no way you would vote for McCain. He is the complete opposite of her in every way.
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by tomcool1277 August 19, 2008 6:03 PM PDT
It deosn''''t matter if Saint Obama chooses Jesus himself as the VP, he STILL is going to get his royal bu*tt handed to him on a platter in November. This is a done deal folks, better get used to the sound of "President McCain".
Posted by michaelt302 at 04:47 PM : Aug 19, 2008
*** how ignorant are you???? I don''t think Obama is a Saint! I don''t even like Obama all that much. But, I hate Amnesty Mccain! If you want over 20 million illegal mexicans to get amnesty, go ahead and vote for Amnesty Mccain! I want English to still be spoken in this country, so i''m voting for Obama! Amnesty Mccain would be the first hispanic president ever! I''d much rather have the first black president! Obama 2008!
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by tomcool1277 August 19, 2008 6:04 PM PDT
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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by tomcool1277 August 19, 2008 6:06 PM PDT
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 brianca1 August 19, 2008 7:11 PM PDT
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 brianca1 August 19, 2008 7:15 PM PDT
Hillary for VP!
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by stn_sage August 19, 2008 7:47 PM PDT
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 vwcat August 19, 2008 8:50 PM PDT
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 vwcat August 19, 2008 8:52 PM PDT
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 ldvoigt August 19, 2008 10:35 PM PDT
NO BILLARY ANYONE BUT THAT WITCH
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by ldvoigt August 19, 2008 10:36 PM PDT
no billary she is a witch
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by ldvoigt August 19, 2008 10:38 PM PDT
tom the senile old man is not going to win, he is a fake and liar
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by ldvoigt August 19, 2008 10:40 PM PDT
brian Hillary has too much baggage with billy boy she will be a target for rep.
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by ldvoigt August 19, 2008 10:43 PM PDT
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 siobama August 20, 2008 1:44 AM PDT

ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION.

DEMOCRATS FOR 2008 !!
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by siobama August 20, 2008 1:45 AM PDT

ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION.

DEMOCRATS FOR 2008 !!
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by siobama August 20, 2008 1:45 AM PDT

ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION.

DEMOCRATS FOR 2008 !!
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by callistemon-2009 August 20, 2008 3:43 AM PDT
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 tomcool1277 August 20, 2008 4:12 AM PDT
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 lepatgen August 20, 2008 8:04 AM PDT
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 jdbell34 August 21, 2008 1:10 AM PDT
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 llbear1009 August 21, 2008 3:02 PM PDT
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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