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Norton

Does this eliminate the ladies? Could be. Or is he just throwing us off. Hillary or Kathleen might just be sitting back enjoying all the hubbub. Let's not forget Chaney was heading Bush's VP selection team and look what happened there. Even the young Kennedy is possible?

"When is a pronoun more than just a part of speech? A missing word in a standard response delivered by presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama Tuesday night sent political reporters scrambling.
The Illinois senator has been careful this campaign season to refer to his future running mate as “he or she,” to avoid sending unintentional signals about which party figures may or may not be in the running.
But asked at a North Carolina town hall meeting whether he would use a future vice president the same way President Bush has, Obama referred to just one gender. "Let me tell you first what I won’t do,” he said. “I won’t hand over my energy policy to my vice president, without knowing necessarily what he’s doing.""


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Norton

Twice.

Jet Gorgon

Yep, but he was laughing the whole time. You never know, like Norts noted, BO may pick Hilly. Hey, just send Bill to be ambassador of Botswana. That would work.

sabang

I reckon Biden would be a tremendous pick, due to his time spent in the capitol, and his foreign affairs experience in particular.

Really, when you remove all the Dross from the anti-Obama hype, what valid criticism remains? Only his lack of foreign affairs experience, and maybe the fact he's a one term senator (although this is piffling).

p.s:- How much combined foreign affairs experience did the Cheney/Bush tag team have?

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Mr Earl

They didn't need any. They just needed the courts on their side to steal the elections.
Same goes for McCain. If it's going to be close The same will happen this year.
So it really doesn't matter who Barry picks as a running mate. The big power brokers aren't going to deal him in in any event.

Norton

Agree. It would be an outrage to have a VP who is a liar!

Milkman

Yes. Now, this would be the first time a politician would lie to us.

Which morning, US time, will the VP decision be announced.

I am predicting, Friday morning, US time.

Milkman

Jet Gorgon:

To respond to your query on McCain's VP pick, I don't have much of an idea but will throw out my hunches (which are usually wrong).

1. Romney
2. Lieberman

good2bhappy

rumour has it we will know Obi's running mate on Thursday

Milkman

OK. That means, late tonight in South East Asia - tonight - we'll know.

On Saturday Obama has said he'll stump with the new VP running mate, so tonight would make sense. There would be be two full work-days of coverage.

good2bhappy

Is it really Thursday today?
I think I have been watching too much olympics and TD!

Norton

I am going with Biden as the pick in spite of his denial. His foriegn affairs experience plue his ability to fight back at the Reps sure to come negative politics jabs at Obama are strong votes in his favor. Would make a great articulate attack dog for the campaign. He's also highly respected in Congress as an across the aisle consensus seeker.

raycarey

yes, i think biden will be great in this role....but he does have a bit of history of saying more than would be prudent.

rove's minions will surely be waiting to turn any gaffe into a multi day 'scandal'.

Milkman

^ and ^^ Biden would be a good pick. He does tend to "bloviate" (his word) but if they handlers can handle him, and keep him to keep his mouth shut, his age and experience would help balance the ticket.

And no, I better not try to call it again as I picked 2 different people and I usually get it wrong, anyway.

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Jet Gorgon

Hey, if he's crossing the aisle maybe he'll pick Hilldenbrand and send her hubby as ambas to Kabul.
You gotta have text messaging. He's sending the message out to all his $5 contributors first -- like his buds on the NYT, MSNBC and the Huffington Post.

Norton

Let us know as soon as you get your SMS will ya Jet?

raycarey

wasn't jet claiming a few months ago that she was getting unsolicted emails from the obama campaign.

Jet Gorgon

^ I still get them (joy). That's how I know. Unfortunately for you all, I didn't contribute $5 so I won't be getting the text message.

Norton

Really no text message! Of course I should have remembered, the $1,000 plus club gets a direct phone call.

Jet Gorgon

^ Guess it would help if I had a cell phone.