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Hurry up and announce already. I'm waiting to see if Pips is right about Tim Kaine.
He needs to announce today so he can be on the nightly news tonight before he meets up with his VP in Chicago tomorrow at noon. All the free air time he can get is a plus. He pulled his ads in Florida hoping that he'll enough publicity with the caravan to Denver and the convention.
heh-heh, pups. My brother-in-law is working for the campaign here in Chicago and anytime he's working late again, we say "Well, that's happens when you're working for the messiah." So my guess, Simon-called-Peter will be the rock upon which the presidency is built.
My hopes are feeling dashed, Lori. Apparently there's a lot of activity around Biden's house, more so than the others, as if he's preparing to go on the road. Maybe Obama feels he needs a grey-hair.
I'm sticking with my long shot, though. I still say Kaine's a better choice. To me, Biden overshadows Obama, and not in a good way. He's such an old war-horse. But I can live it.
What kind of dumb thing is this, paraphrasing: "I know who I'm going to pick, but I'm not going to tell you for a few days"??? WTF? He's my choice, but this sort of thing just makes me hate politics.
He would catch a lot of journalists off guard if he announced it at 6pm EST on a Friday. Even then I'm sure everyone would attribute it to his genius ability to play the media.
Ha, CNN has cameras stationed at each person's house (Biden, Kaine, Bayh, and the Chicago Midway Airport)
Wire reports earlier this morning said that the VP pick didn't even know he (or, less likely, she) had been picked. And now CNN is staking out all their houses?
I can't help but picture Obama pulling up out front and bounding to the future-Veep's door with a huge cardboard ballot, a la Ed McMahon and Publisher's Clearinghouse.
Shit, dude should just make a reality show centered around it. He can reveal the VP at the end of the convention. If he loses, the proceeds from the show could pay off at least some of his campaign debt.
My mom just left me a voicemail, she's in Denver for the week visiting her sister- "I'm just waiting for Obama to ," and here she starts singing to the tune of the Destiny's Child song, "Say my name, say my name!"
The text message factor totally heightens the excitement. If Obama was going to announce on TV, I'm certain I wouldn't care half as much. But the idea that the news will come to me wherever I am, right as it's announced!! That's cool.
I don't know, Kaine's a first-term. I think someone who has been around longer would help balance the ticket. (although the idea of turning VA blue had me salivating).
I guess Biden's whole family has flown out to his house...
good point. he made a commercial about the house thing, it's on his front page now. I don't know where it's running, but it's pretty good.
Although what was up with that mccain offices sent a white powder thing? I heard a snippit of it when I picked up my laundry yesterday and they had fox news on, and nothing since.
I read earlier that Chet Edwards (Texan) was the new dark horse. I don't know how I feel about that. I'd be pretty happy if we had a Texas-free administration for 4 years. And I say that as a Texan.
I'm not sure either, box. I'm with DarkForest. I'm an Obama supporter but it seems like a casting call. A big Hollywood performance. My husband reminds me it has always been theater, it's perfectly fine and to get over it, but all of this suspense and text messaging and secrecy still rubs me as a little strange.
I saw Chet being interviewed. I think a person from the South (whether Texans identify as Southern or not) would be a good choice. I just found out that Biden's net worth is under 300,000 dollars. The fact that he isn't a millionaire, and "out of touch", can't hurt.
is the edwards guy popular enough to actually turn the state blue?
I don't know much about Chet Edwards but I'm going to guess no. This is the same reason why McCain would never consider Kay Bailey Hutchinson. He couldn't lose Texas if he tried.
I wish it would be Bill Richardson also, Beeps. I really like him, and he's definitely qualified for 2nd slot, if not the whole show.
Biden I can live with. But who knows with this crew?
Hi, Barry? Yeah, it's posted. I better get to bed because you and I have a big day tomorrow. Tell Michelle thanks for the tie, by the way. It looks nice on camera.
Obama's campaign is learning to manipulate the connected world to its advantage; this messaging stunt is fantastic. If he can convince the US that he can put healthcare access on an iPhone, he could very well win this thing handily.
So is Biden's book worth reading?
(also, he was my age when he got elected to the senate. now i feel like a total loser for being late to work this week since I was up half the night playing Zelda).
Well great. I got the text message at 3:12 am, now it's four hours later and everyone knows. I'm cool with it being Biden though, he's a little boring but he's smart and even though he's in his sixties, he projects a lot of energy.
I am so not crazy about Biden. There are 3 or 4 of his stances that really don't sit well. THen, too, there's his penchant for saying dumb-ass things off the cuff. I worry.
Biden's a saracastic asshole at times, which can work in this case.
I fully suspect him hinting that McCain is going senile by the end of the month, and openly mocking any misstatements as soon as given the chance.
I think Biden's all right, not exciting but excitement is not what's looked for in a VP. Real strong on Foreign Policy, a genuine "brought self up by bootstraps" type, beloved by unions, working class and so on. Biggest drawback is he suffers from logorrhoa. Interesting that assuming two terms for Obama means he most likely wouldn't run himself afterwards. But perhaps that's going to be more the norm now, with the VP picked much more for specific reasons then as a potential successor (though obviously they have to pass the "being president" test if they have to replace the potus during the term).
I should clarify that I'm not thrilled about Biden's record w/r/t the Iraq war, being strongly opposed myself. But again, he is the VP nom which (Cheney aside) has limited power. And as the team is inheriting the war perhaps Biden will help reach closure with those who also voted for it.
I got no text message. I am miffed. If they promised that "we" would hear first, why did they not follow through?
I was on the road and could not get email. What if I'd had a problem with Biden? I thought the whole reason for the texting was to make sure that the choice was OK with us.
At this point, I'm wondering if the whole reason for the texting was to make a little in-joke/subliminal Hillary dis about that 3 a.m. phone call thing.
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