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News Journal (Del.)
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Aug 23, 08 6:40 AM CDT
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Blunt, tough and seasoned, Obama veepstakes winner Joe Biden has a history of surviving both personal tragedy and political disappointment. Delaware's News-Journal details the story of the state's favorite son, who became modern history's youngest senator when elected at 29. His wife and baby daughter died in a car crash before he had even been sworn in.
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Associated Press
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Aug 23, 08 5:59 AM CDT
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Barack Obama's choice for a running mate was texted and emailed to supporters shortly after 3am this morning, though word had leaked out to reporters a couple of hours earlier that he'd chosen Sen. Joe Biden, a veteran lawmaker from Delaware. The text message: "Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden rally live at 3pm ET on http://www.BarackObama.com. Spread the word!"
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Associated Press
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Aug 23, 08 12:15 AM CDT
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Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware late Friday night to be his vice presidential running mate, according to a Democratic official, balancing his ticket with an older congressional veteran well-versed in foreign and defense issues. Biden, who has twice sought the White House, is a Catholic with a generally liberal voting record and a reputation as a long-winded orator.
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Wall Street Journal
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Aug 22, 08 2:35 PM CDT
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John McCain’s been making the Republican base mighty uneasy with hints of a pro-choice running mate, the Wall Street Journal reports. Though McCain touts his “proud pro-life record,” pro-choice potentials Tom Ridge and Joe Lieberman have been on the receiving end of McCain's praise recently, a move that had conservative Laura Ingraham "literally imploring" McCain to uphold his "great pro-life record."
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New York Times
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Aug 22, 08 12:01 PM CDT
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Barack Obama's VP announcement is imminent, and the buzz about Joe Biden seems to be getting louder. David Brooks, for one, hopes it's true. The Times columnist writes that Biden's blue-collar Democratic roots, along with his honesty, loyalty, and experience put him far above the other rumored short-listers.
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Associated Press
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Aug 22, 08 11:06 AM CDT
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As the political world waits with bated breath for Barack Obama to name his running mate, a new name has entered the mix, and it's one no one has been talking about: Chet Edwards. The little-known Texas congressman is part of a tiny group of contenders who provided background documents to the campaign, the AP reports. Obama plans to appear with his choice, whoever it is, tomorrow at 2.
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USA Today
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Aug 21, 08 7:50 PM CDT
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Barack Obama says he's made his pick for vice president, but that all he's saying, USA Today reports. He won't even divulge whether his prospective running mate knows, or when the big announcement will come. "That's all you're going to get out of me," said Obama. Talking heads, meanwhile, continue to point to the top candidates as Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, Tim Kaine, and Kathleen Sebelius. Stay tuned tomorrow.
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Washington Post
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Aug 21, 08 11:12 AM CDT
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Joe Biden’s son will be deployed to Iraq on October 3, the Washington Post reports, and while that may be a difficult personal event for Biden, it might boost his already promising case to become Barack Obama’s running mate. “I don’t want him going,” Biden said last year. “But I don't want my grandsons or granddaughters going back in 15 years.”
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Michaelmoore.com
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Aug 20, 08 11:16 AM CDT
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Word is that Barack Obama will pick Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, or Tim Kaine as his running mate, but Michael Moore isn't buying. He thinks it’s time for Caroline Kennedy to “pull a Cheney.” In an open letter on his website, Moore implores JFK’s daughter, who is currently running Obama’s VP search, to just pick herself. “Obama-Kennedy,” Moore muses. “Wow, does that sound so cool.”
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Chicago Tribune
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Aug 19, 08 2:24 PM CDT
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Barack Obama will take the stage with his vice presidential pick Saturday in Illinois, the Chicago Tribune reports. Authorities in Springfield—where the Democrat launched his campaign in Feb. 2006, have been told to expect the presumptive nominee as part of a tour with his newly minted running mate. And, Howard Fineman writes on MSNBC, Joe Biden looks like the guy.
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National Review
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Aug 19, 08 9:20 AM CDT
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John McCain's campaign has been pitching the idea of a pro-choice running mate to key state GOP officials around the country, reports the National Review . McCain wants to know how hostile conservative grass-roots activists would be and whether he can win their support if he selects a pro-choice VP such as ex-homeland security secretary Tom Ridge.
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Politico
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Aug 19, 08 8:00 AM CDT
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John McCain will name his VP running mate at a huge Ohio rally on Aug. 29—the senator’s 72nd birthday and a day after the Democratic convention, Politico reports. McCain won’t finalize his choice—widely considered by GOP experts to be Mitt Romney or Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty—until Obama announces his own running mate.
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New York Times
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Aug 18, 08 8:03 PM CDT
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Barack Obama will unveil his running mate as early as Wednesday and kick off a tour of swing states before the Democratic convention, the New York Times reports. His pick likely boils down to three politically safe choices, sources say: Sen. Evan Bayh, Gov. Tim Kaine, and Sen. Joe Biden. Some Democrats still hope Hillary Clinton has a shot and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius may be in the running.
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Boston Herald
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Aug 15, 08 1:59 PM CDT
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Barney Frank ripped into Mitt Romney yesterday as part of a DNC effort to discredit the possible Republican VP choices, the Boston Herald reports. Citing flip-flops on abortion and gay rights, the Massachusetts Congressman called the ex-Massachusetts governor ‘the most intellectually inconsistent politician I’ve ever known.” Romney, he charged, will "say whatever he thinks will win the next election."
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Politico
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Aug 15, 08 9:06 AM CDT
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John McCain’s comment that he wouldn’t rule out Tom Ridge as a possible VP for being pro-choice sparked a flurry of panic among the conservative base—a vital group already lukewarm about McCain's party-maverick status. “That choice will end his bid for the presidency,” an activist tells Politico.
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ABC News
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Aug 14, 08 4:41 PM CDT
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John McCain would consider a run for the White House with a pro-choice veep at his side, ABC News reports. When asked about Tom Ridge, McCain told the Weekly Standard that the former Homeland Security chief shouldn’t be “ruled out” for the No. 2 job because he supports abortion rights. Dem-turned-Independent Joe Lieberman, another McCain short-lister, is also pro-choice.
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New York Times
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Aug 12, 08 9:21 AM CDT
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During the Senate debate on the Iraq war, Evan Bayh was among the leading proponents for invasion, claiming there was “no other credible alternative to protect the safety and well-being of the American people.” But that hawkish push is haunting him, reports the New York Times, now that the Indiana senator is high on the VP shortlist for Barack Obama—who has campaigned heavily on his early opposition for the war.
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Chicago Tribune
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Aug 11, 08 7:53 PM CDT
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