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BREAKING--Obama may announce CHET EDWARDS as running mate in minutes
AP ^ | 22 August 2008 | LIZ SIDOTI

Posted on 08/22/2008 8:33:40 AM PDT by Paladin2b

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama prepared to name his running mate, perhaps as early as Friday, from a small field o0f candidates that included at least one dark horse.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; alreadyposted; bayh; biden; bumperstickers; chetedwards; kaine; lame; notbreaking; obama; veepstakes
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To: Paladin2b

Personally, I think Obama’s campaign is putting all these names out there on the last day so they can gauge the public’s reaction. That way Obama could feel more confident that he was making the right choice...

Not that this will matter because I think Obama IS, if not is EXTREMELY CLOSE to being unelectable at this point.


381 posted on 08/22/2008 5:37:14 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (LR's BLOG: http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com)
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To: LibertyRocks

I should’ve added:
They could also be gauging the backlash within the Dem Party to have their defenses ready! LOL


382 posted on 08/22/2008 5:40:26 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (LR's BLOG: http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com)
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To: SE Mom

Woofie brought that .... that maybe folks in
CA would get angry getting texted in the middle
of the night?

At this point .. I have to believe it’s before
the 10 pm (11 pm et)news ... Olympics.

The morning shows start at 6am here ... not
enough people up on a Saturday, I would think
(reasonably) ... but then, who knows.


383 posted on 08/22/2008 5:46:11 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: SE Mom; Bahbah; BigSkyFreeper; Fishtalk; retrokitten; Miss Didi; penelopesire

http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/aug/22/joe-biden-it-is/

Joe Biden It Is

Posted by: Erick Erickson

Friday, August 22, 2008 at 07:29PM

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A friend who would know tells me Joe Biden is off to the airport and is Illinois bound.

I trust the friend, but I’m not sure about his information. Consider this informed speculation and nothing more. I’m perfectly willing to be wrong, but the signs point to yes and, again, the source tends to be right about these things.

Honestly, I did not see this one coming. Biden is such a disaster waiting to happen.

UPDATE: Clayton points me to this. But there is no new flight plan on file.

UPDATE again: Marc Ambinder noticed the flight too, as well as one to Norfolk. I’m betting Biden since we know Kaine’s been told it is not him.

~~~~

CNN-John King thinks it’ll be tomorrow am.


384 posted on 08/22/2008 5:50:24 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE

I’ve thought ever since Saddleback that Obama would go with Biden. “Elder statesman” and all that crapola.


385 posted on 08/22/2008 5:52:34 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: Fishtalk

I think being VP would suit Biden’s big ego.


386 posted on 08/22/2008 5:55:16 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: STARWISE
You guys are over here...I was on the Biden thread. They just flashed on BOR that the Eyebrow didn't get chosen. So you're home and the phone rings...

(Rrrrrrrring)
BARRY: Uh, hello Evan...uh, this is Barack.
BAYH: Oh, hi Barack!
BARRY: Uh, I just wanted to let you know, you're not my VP.
BAYH: Oh, okay, bye.
BARRY: Bye. (slam)
387 posted on 08/22/2008 5:58:51 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: SE Mom

What does Joe have to lose?


388 posted on 08/22/2008 6:00:06 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: STARWISE; SE Mom
Just to let you gals know...Roger Hedgecock interviewed that nutty Berg tonight on his radio show. And Roger is a serious host. Now back to Mystery Veep.
389 posted on 08/22/2008 6:04:18 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: STARWISE

I am willing to bet that plane in Delaware probably won’t take off until morning.


390 posted on 08/22/2008 6:05:31 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: BigSkyFreeper; SE Mom; Miss Didi; penelopesire; All

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/

Live Twittering From Denver

* Source: text will be sent tomorrow am, a few hrs before Obama speaks in Springfield. 19 minutes ago

~~~

http://tinyurl.com/5quu5m

Obama veep still a mystery — intro set Saturday

Oh well ....... tomorrow it is.


391 posted on 08/22/2008 6:09:02 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: Miss Didi

Did he sound (Berg) screwy ?


392 posted on 08/22/2008 6:09:54 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE

I didn’t hear it...someone posted a thread.


393 posted on 08/22/2008 6:13:25 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: All
The lovely Jill Biden

Jill Biden

Meet Jill Biden, a school teacher, English professor and wife of long time United States Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden. Read her biography below and see photos and a video of her.

Jill Biden readily admits that she probably wouldn’t be involved in politics if she hadn’t married Joe Biden. At the same time, she admits that it was her and her family that talked her husband into running for the 2008 nomination of the Democratic Party for the Presidency.

She says she just couldn’t believe that President Bush had been re-elected in 2004. She says that not a single person she knew had voted for President Bush.

(((BOO! She lost me, right there .. lefist tho pretty)))

She says she felt strongly that the country needed her husband, with his 40-year history of service in the Senate, to set the country in the right direction.

She works full time and, during his campaign, spent her weekends campaigning for him, usually in Iowa. She has said she likes being in Iowa.

Jill Biden Biography

Jill Tracy Jacobs was raised in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. She met Joe when she was at the University of Delaware. They were introduced by Joe’s brother. They dated for two years before they married.

She married Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. on June 17, 1977 at the United Nations chapel in New York City. When she married Joe, she married him as well as his two sons from his first marriage. She has said that the whole family married, including going on the honeymoon together.

Joe Biden’s first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden, who he married in 1966, was killed in a car accident on December 18, 1972. His infant daughter, Naomi was also killed in the accident.

Both of his sons, Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III and Robert Hunter Biden, were critically injured in the accident. The 29-year-old Biden was just a month away from taking his Senate seat for the first time. He took his oath of office in the hospital by their bedsides. Both of the boys completely recovered from their injuries.

In addition to Joe’s two sons, Jill and Joe had a daughter in 1981, Ashley Blazer Biden.

Biden is an English professor at the Delaware Technical and Community College. Professionally she has been a reading specialist, an English high school teacher and a teacher in a mental health institution.

Jill founded the Biden Breast Health Initiative that focuses on education of early breast cancer detection.

394 posted on 08/22/2008 6:19:23 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE

“text will be sent tomorrow am, a few hrs before Obama speaks in Springfield. “

How will I ever get to sleep tonight./s


395 posted on 08/22/2008 6:45:25 PM PDT by oiler (Reagan Republicans Unite!!!!! "Not gonna forget. Not gonna forgive." Hunter/Tancredo 2012)
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To: WOSG

Reading back over my post, I totally see why you thought I was considering this guy to be a reaal blue dog, but don’t worry, I’m not fooled.


396 posted on 08/22/2008 6:46:15 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (*******It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.******)
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To: STARWISE
Pretty lady...as is Mrs. Romney:


397 posted on 08/22/2008 6:47:30 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: oiler; SE Mom; BigSkyFreeper; Miss Didi; Bahbah

I hear ya .. ;)

~~~~

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/

Live Twittering From Denver

* Pool press shouts to Obama in Chicago: “how does Obama-Biden” sound? Obama gives half-smirtk. 14 minutes ago
* All the press corps thinks it’s Biden but won’t pull the trigger. No need to get this one wrong. 17 minutes ago
* AP: Kaine is out. I guess his forlorness was real. 26 minutes ago


398 posted on 08/22/2008 6:51:01 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: All

Hour by hour: The watch at Biden’s house

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/NEWS/80822043/1006/NEWS02


399 posted on 08/22/2008 6:55:59 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE
She married Joseph Robinette Biden

Robinette?? /snort>

400 posted on 08/22/2008 6:57:16 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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