Obama to Name Veep Tomorrow?
According to the Drudge Report, Obama may announce his veep pick tomorrow morning, citing a buzz in the New York Times newsroom.
The Obama campaign’s reaction?
“It’s baloney,” Traveling Press Secretary Jen Psaki said of the rumor. “Anyone who thinks they know, doesn’t know. Senator Obama’s looking forward to addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention tomorrow.”
In fact, the campaign was unsure the entourage would even attempt to make the trip to Orlando just hours before the 757 campaign charter was set to take off because of weather conditions brought on by Hurricane Fay. “I’m trying to figure that out right now,” Robert Gibbs said during Obama’s Albuquerque town hall when asked if the candidate would go to Florida.
As news of the Drudge Report’s headline spread in the traveling press file room, we received word from the campaign that the trip was on. One staffer wondered aloud why the presumptive Democratic nominee would make the major announcement during the middle of a hurricane at a VFW event.
Both Obama and his campaign have kept the veep search process under wraps, forewarning press there would be no leaks, and so far there has been speculation, but nothing coming directly from the campaign - in part because of the tightly controlled campaign.
In an email to supporters last week, Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe urged supporters to sign up for a text message that will announce Obama’s decision. “You are the ones who built this campaign, and Barack wants you to be the first to know who will join him in leading our movement for change,” Plouffe wrote. At least one top staffer traveling with the senator heeded Plouffe’s advice and expects to learn Obama’s pick along with supporters.
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WILL IT BE CHIEF ELKRAPAHO?
HOW ABOUT WARD CHURCHILL?
PATRICK LEAHY?
HUGO CHAVEZ?
JANE FONDA?
DICK DURBIN?
MICHAEL MOORE?
Must be a slow news day and a day where the Obama campaign wants to change the story of the day- the Civic Forum. and who won the day. The winners are the American people because they got to see each of the candidates answer questions that weren’t gotcha or sound bite questions and answers.
Lets see here, some one with less qualifications than a 3 year Jr. senator?? for appearance…
B.O. & Wright,
B.O. & Ayres,
B.O. & Dohrn,
B.O. & Auchi,
B.O. & Rezko,
B.O. & Pfledger.
B.O. & Soros,
B.O. & Axelrod,
Good! Lets get it over with so I can keep my TV turned off next week.
Who even cares any more. Get the hook and get this clown off the stage!
He can’t even put two sentences together without falling all over himself!
We’ll just write in Hillary anyway if she is not nominated!
No unity because it does not exist!
Geee, let’s see, who will it be? Typical “white” Granny thrown from the train? Bitter, unhappy racist Michelle laBelle? Rev. GD-America Wright, Saul Alinsky, tutor? Bill Ayres, mentor? Rezko, thief of housing- economics? Shrill, Saul Alinsky admirer? Osama? One of his many step bros from Kenyan tribe from drunk Daddy? So many choices for his many associates…….
Obama will do Anything to take the focus off the fact that he is a FRAUD - think he proved that again on Saturday - AGAIN!!!
Just hope the running mate isn’t above Obama’s salary range!
I think Mccain will be also announcing his VP soon. Do the embeds care about that? I’m only interested in mccain’s VP choice. I wish the media would be more balanced about mccain/obama. Obama’s a fraud and only the media would care about him.
I prayed that Mr. Obama choose a Wright running mate. Also, I prayed for him to have a correct decision in every step he make… thanks!
Who cares..without Hillary he can’t win thank God!!!!
i say obama picks someone who stands to his right-pelosi. she’ll help shore up the conservative frisco crowd.
McCain gets it. Obama does not. Obama knows evil. He assocaites with it i.e. Wright, Ayres, Dohrn, Auchi, Rezko, Khaladi, Cousin Ordigno, Abassi, Frank Marshall Davis, Pfledger, Soros & Axelrod.
the quote above is right on
Tomorrow? Does that mean Obama actually found a Democrat who never heard of him?
Maybe he will name Tony Rezko, or Nahdmi Auchi as VP, he already owes them millions in favors.
I think he should pick his wife you know keep it in the family. ALA CASTRO
I am an obama insider and i am announcing the Vp pick to you all laymen and commoners.
It is CAROLINE KENNEDY SCHOLSBERG !!!!!!
She is a kennedy, jewish and a woman.
Great choice obama.
For more info on the cabinet choices we made just click on HILLARY 2012 .COM
EVERYONE HE HAS ASKED….. HAS MOST LIKELY TURNED HIM DOWN…….
……WITH HIS RECORD……. HE MOST LIKELY DOES NOT KNOW HIMSELF…
HE SURE IS NOT GOING TO TELL HIS STAFF……
THE DEMS. HAVE REALLY GOT THEM SELVES IN A FIX……
NOW THAT THE TRUTH IS FINALLY COMING OUT ABOUT OBOMA……
WHAT A JOKE…..
MCCAIN SURE SHOWED OBOMA UP AND REAL GOOD SAT…..
OBOMA ….. HAS TONY, BILL, THE BOOMER, RASHID, PFLEGER, WRIGHT, AND MICHELLE FOR BAGGAGE THAT THE GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS THAT STABBED HILL IN THE BACK…..DID NOT KNOW ABOUT…….BECAUSE THE MEDIA KEEP IT A SECRET………
AMERICA CAN NOT PUT A DRUG AND DRUNK IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN THEY HAVE A GOOD MAN LIKE MCCAIN RUNNING AGAINST HIM…..
A POW…. A MAN THAT FOUGHT FOR AMERICAS FREEDOM……
I WAS A HILL SUPPORTER…….
MCCAIN MUST GET ALL OUR VOTES NOW……….
Blow “them” out of the water–can you get Kerry for V.P. Beg Him. He knows all the dirty tricks oppositions play in politics. I mean, why not? The Clintons held the story on Jon Edwards ’til he was first pick for V.P. If he had just kept his mouth shut in explaining, perhaps he could have remained at the top of the list. John F. Kerry would sew it up. Even Peggy Noonan agrees. He has the Pizz Zazz. Think about it. Sjaron
so many racist posting comments here, what is wrong with being a black? let obama be. if not for anything he will be better than bush the son.
To the people who say everyone is a racist on this blog,only the obama supporters are racist!
I see the Republican spin machine has been sucessful at demonizing Obama. Barack Obama is a United States Senator and many of you characterize and describe him like a common street thug.
Ah, isn’t it nice to have selective American values.
Personally, I’m not voting for Senator John McCain, yet I have never demonized him in my blog postings nor have I relied on character attacks or demonizations to justify my reasons for not supporting him.
This same thing happened to Bill Clinton during his reelection campaign, he was low in the polls and once the character attacks started, he surpassed Bob Dole.
Common sense will prevail in 2008.
Sean the thinker, we’re in agreement. These American values folks only know how to demonize Obama and repeat talking points.
Repectfully, one thing I can say about you folks, a lot of you need to turn off the radios and TV’s and get to your nearest library. It just too many ways to get information than to listen to pundits. I guess it is easier to do so, you don’t have to think.
I too hope common sense will prevail in 2008