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 'Dream Ticket' an
 Unlikely Nightmare 

Having Bill on board could complicate things too much, aides say

Jun 5, 08 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The champagne was barely uncorked at Barack Obama victory parties before Hillary Clinton's backers were pushing for her as veep choice, the Wall Street Journal reports, but the so-called "dream ticket" is looking unlikely. Dems on both sides point to a host of complications that could arise—especially when... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • vice president • dream ticket • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes

 Top Clintonites
 Push Hillary
 for Veep 

Lanny Davis circulates petition

Jun 4, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mere hours after Barack Obama secured the Dem nomination, key Clinton insiders stepped up lobbying for a VP slot for her. Former White House staffer Lanny Davis started a petition drive—without campaign coordination, he insists—at Womenforfairpolitics.com, the Los Angeles Times reports. “We must field the strongest... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Lanny Davis • vice president • Jim Clyburn • Bob Johnson • vice presidential sweepstakes

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Obama's Female Veep Hopefuls Aren't Clintonesque

McCaskill, Napolitano, and Sebelius don't play up gender, aren't divisive

May 29, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Unlike Hillary Clinton, the three leading female contenders for a spot on Barack Obama’s ticket aren’t divisive figures and haven’t played up their gender. Ben Adler, writing for Politico, takes a look at Kansas guv Kathleen Sebelius, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, and Arizona guv Janet Napolitano. More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • vice president • Claire McCaskill • Kathleen Sebelius • Janet Napolitano • vice presidential sweepstakes • the female vote

OPINION

Abortion Digs on VP Hopeful Sebelius Are Ridiculous

But nice try, right wing

May 28, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wingers may be gleefully lampooning Kathleen Sebelius as a money-launderer for an abortion doc, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times, but one could make the equally ridiculous case that by writing about it Robert Novak is an Opus Dei operative plotting a national overthrow. Abortion couldn't hurt the... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion rights • Kansas • Catholicism • Kathleen Sebelius • vice presidential sweepstakes

OPINION

'Wingnutty' Webb Can't
Be Obama VP

Loose cannon off-base on women, civil rights; won't get white vote

May 28, 08 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many liberals are pining for James Webb to be added to a Barack Obama ticket, but the Virginia senator is “completely unacceptable”—severely lacking on affirmative action (which he has called “state-sponsored racism”), on women’s issues (he’s said females in the military “poison”... More »

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 Bill Likes Idea of Hillary as VP 

Friends say he's beginning to talk up idea of her joining the ticket

May 23, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has vowed to keep fighting for the nomination, but family friends say Bill Clinton is warming to the idea of an Obama-Clinton ticket, the New York Times reports. He sees it as Hillary's best chance to eventually become president and thinks her big-state victories have earned her serious... More »

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 Rating McCain's
 Potential VPs 

Er, barbecue guests

May 22, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain may claim he’s just having Bobby Jindal, Charlie Crist, and Mitt Romney over for a barbecue this weekend, but it’s pretty clear the GOP’s presumptive nominee is really scouting VP candidates. So Politico ran down the merits of each potential ticket filler:
  •  Louisiana
... More »

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McCain to Meet Possible VPs This Weekend

Crist, Jindal, Romney set to visit GOP candidate in Arizona

May 21, 08 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain will meet with three men this weekend thought to be on his short list of vice-presidential candidates, the New York Times reports: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Mitt Romney. McCain's camp remains mum on possible VPs—though the candidate says he has a list... More »

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Huckabee VP? 'My Job Right Now Is to Get Him Elected'

Huckabee's happy to chat about the GOP's future but won't be drawn on veep chances

May 17, 08 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee's as busy as ever two months after dropping out of the GOP race, giving speeches around the country and campaigning for GOP candidates everywhere—including, of course, John McCain, who is said to have the former preacher on the top of his list of potential veeps. So would... More »

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 Who Are They Eyeing for VP? 

Blogger runs down likely veep candidates for Obama and McCain

May 10, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Since McCain and Obama appear to have the nominations locked up,” it's time to start eyeing the veepstakes, Chris Cillizza writes in The Fix blog. Here are his top three for each presumptive nominee, GOP first:
  1. Tim Pawlenty: The Minnesota governor is a longtime McCain backer, and
... More »

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Here's Why Clinton-Obama Ticket Won't Work ...

Hil too proud, Barack too cool, Politico says

May 10, 08 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nobody knows what Hillary Clinton will do if she's not the Democratic nominee, but Politico's John F. Harris and Jonathan Martin list five reasons she shouldn't be Barack Obama’s VP:
  • Clinton’s rep as a Washington insider will undercut Obama’s cool factor.
  • Who says Clinton would
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 ... And Here's Why It Will 

Obama needs her, and besides, he doesn't really have a choice, Politico says

May 10, 08 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama would be wise to put Hillary Clinton on his ticket, write John F. Martin and Jonathan Harris in Politico. Here's why:
  • Obama has no choice. He needs Clinton’s Catholic and blue-collar supporters, and he’ll be pressured to include her for the party’s sake.
... More »

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Kennedy Wants 'Leadership,' Not Hillary, for VP

Democratic Sen. 'doesn't think it's likely given the tenor of the campaign'

May 9, 08 5:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy vetoed a spot for Hillary Clinton on the Barack Obama ticket, saying their fellow senator needs a running mate “in tune with his appeal for the nobler aspirations of the American people.” He laughed off suggestions of a dream ticket, Politico reports, saying, “I don’... More »

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 Huckabee Hops on
 'Straight Talk Express' 

Ex-rival revives rumor of veep candidacy

Apr 25, 08 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former rivals John McCain and Mike Huckabee stumped side-by-side in Arkansas today, reviving rumors that they may form a joint ticket for the November election, CNN reports. Huckabee "can be a great asset to our campaign," McCain said. Huckabee, who has announced a new book and political action... More »

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OPINION

Rice as Running Mate Would Be Icing on Cake

Press could totally dig VP Condi—and she's a decent choice, too

Apr 8, 08 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Is it too much to ask for one more major dose of entertainment this election season, Eugene Robinson wonders in the Washington Post—then answers his own question by begging John McCain to pick Condoleezza Rice as his running mate. The secretary of state may not come with a natural... More »

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Who Will Win the Veep Sweepstakes?

Dems don't have top pick yet, but talk persists about No. 2

Apr 5, 08 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Kerry was mulling a pick for vice president at this time 4 years ago, but Democratic hopefuls today refuse to name a running mate. Still, Politico’s Ben Smith has an early roundup of who could be Clinton’s and Obama’s first choices in the No. 2... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Wesley Clark • Michael Bloomberg • Colin Powell • Ted Strickland • Democratic nomination • vice presidential sweepstakes

 McCain Has 20-Name Veep List 

Candidate talks up undisciplined youth at Naval Academy

Apr 2, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain revealed today that he has a list of 20 people he’s considering for runningmate, and that he’d like to settle on a ticket “as early as possible.” The future Republican nominee joked he was “aware of the enhanced importance of this issue given... More »

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John McCain • Annapolis • US Naval Academy • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes • Pledge of Allegiance

OPINION

McCain, Obama Left No Place
for Bloomberg

Both candidates have bipartisan cred, appeal to independents

Feb 28, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - If Rudy and Hillary were the frontrunners, Michael Bloomberg wouldn't have ruled out an independent bid for the presidency, as he did today, writes Jon Meacham of Newsweek.  But John McCain and Barack Obama, the putative nominees, have a lock on the “novelty narrative,” so the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • New York • Michael Bloomberg • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes • election

McCain VP
Talk Centers
on Minn. Gov

'Conservative, rock-n-roll' Pawlenty has been staunch ally

Feb 18, 08 9:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Maybe John McCain “has not spent one second thinking about a running mate,” as one adviser insists, but when he does, many observers expect his attention to turn to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. “He’s a conservative, rock-n-roll Republican and is counterintuitive to the party stereotype,”... More »

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Va. Offers Democrats 2 Possible VPs

If 'dream ticket' doesn't materialize, Kaine, Webb are rising stars

Feb 12, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Amid talk of an Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama dream ticket, Democrats may want to look around before leaving Virginia tonight—the state is home to not one but two viable vice presidential contenders, Politico reports. Obama has already short-listed Gov. Tim Kaine, a campaign co-chair who shares the senator's bipartisan charisma.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jim Webb • Tim Kaine • Virginia • Potomac Primary • vice presidential sweepstakes

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