Obama veep

23/6 Video: Joe Biden, closed captioned for the talking-points impaired

August 27, 2008 - While we are still awaiting for our Obama text (it's 48 hours late!), Joe Biden sent us a video, encouraging us to get out the vote. While the Senator from Delaware is sticking to his new "hope, change, hope" talking points, we managed to turn on the closed captioning...

WATCH: Joe Biden, closed captioned

August 27, 2008 - All right, we've stopped checking for our Obama text. It ain't coming. But we got the next best thing- a Joe Biden youtube video in our inbox, encouraging us to get out the vote. While the Senator from Delaware is sticking to his new "hope, change, hope" talking...

If they IM'd: Obama's (Former) VP Prospects

August 25, 2008 - After an ENTIRE FRIGGING WEEK of hovering over our blackberry screens, Barack Obama finally announced that his choice for Vice President would be (slightly pissed off drum-roll...) Sen. Joe Biden. This surely didn't sit well with the other prospects, but the whole process appears to have brought th...

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Dude, Where's My Change?

August 25, 2008 - Joe Biden? That's it? Is this the start of the big sea change in American politics? He of the loose lips and bad hair transplants is the first change that Obama has for us? Seriously, if you sat down for a month and tried to think of a more...

Meanwhile, Biden is holed up, pasting his speech for Wednesday night

August 25, 2008 - Sen. Joe Biden is scheduled to speak at the Democratic Convention on Wednesday night, and we are on pins and needles. What will Joe Biden say, and who will be credited as a source only after Biden is called a plagiarist? (During his 1988 presidential run...

From The Room: Biden Saturday

August 24, 2008 - Yesterday was "Biden Saturday" with his virtues being assessed 24/7, waking me up to the fact that I should have tapped him. Biden's years of experience would shore up my lack of expertise in foreign policy. Plus, he'd raise my stock with Latinos. His courage and grace...

A quick "thanks" to Senator Obama for ruining our weekend

August 24, 2008 - Friday was supposed to be all VP, all day. Obama would text us in the morning and we'd make fun of his choice before lunch. Beer Friday would commence as usual, at about 4 PM. Drudge said all bets were on Biden, so we started a "Live Chat with...

Chat with Joe "Oops, that came out wrong" Biden!

August 23, 2008 - The detached Harvard smartypants picked the blue-collar loose cannon to be his veep and we are beside ourselves with happiness. Joe Biden is affable and gaffable. During the primary, he "complimented" Indian-A...

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Who Cares About Your Running Mate?

August 21, 2008 - Everybody has their shorts all bunched up waiting to see who Obama and McCain are going to pick as their running mate but really, who cares? Sure there are some stupid picks that the two could make like Obama picking Hillary and galvanizing the right or McCain picking Lieberman and...

Our Veep Picks: Why Tim Kaine is already out of the running...

August 21, 2008 - "Obama-Kaine." Say it fast.* *Hint: It sounds like "Oba-McCain." Or even better, "ObombMcCain." And even if it doesn't call up the McCain association, some people will just hear "Obamacaine," which sounds like an eczema cream. On the other hand, Obama-Sebelius sounds like the name of a...

If they IM'd: Obama's VP Prospects

August 20, 2008 - The whole country is waiting breathlessly to find out who will be chosen to stand next to Barack Obama sometimes. If you think you're getting impatient, imagine how Evan Bayh, Joe Biden, Tim Kaine, and Kathleen Sebelius m...

Obama has thoroughly vetted his veep, and yes, it's as dirty as it sounds

August 20, 2008 - Barack Obama has settled on a running mate. The vetting process, which includes intense background checks of the candidate and his/her spouse, took longer than expected because Obama had to wait until Mrs. Clinton quit the race in June. Caroline Kennedy, along with Eric Holder, a former deputy attor...

We finally got the text, and it's Obiden time!

August 19, 2008 - John King called it at 12:50 AM! And now, after being annoyed to the point of taking a hammer to our phones, we finally got the text we were waiting for. Obama picked Joe Biden. The text was still a little weird though...

Chet Edwards for Obama veep: this Edwards comes minus the lovechild

August 4, 2008 - U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been pimping for her colleague, U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Waco), George W. Bush's Crawford congressman, in the hopes he'll be...

From The Room: Barack Obama Chooses Barack Obama as V.P. Running Mate

June 23, 2008 - HOLLAND, Mi. -- Speaking to a packed auditorium, presumptive Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate Illinois Senator Barack Obama as his vice presidential running mate. Candidate Obama praised Senator Obama's judgment, energy and commitment to change in announcin...