Barack Obama Vice President

President Obama's Cabinet

Robbie Gennet | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Robbie Gennet

Many people are talking about what VP choices await Barack Obama, but let's look one step further to Obama's Cabinet and whom he would put in charge of different areas of our country.

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What Pelosi Doesn't Get About Persuasion

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Kathleen Reardon

Berating women who are still supporting for vice president a candidate who won half the Democratic presidential nominee votes is not the way to persuade them to support Obama.

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Obama's VP List: A Few Good Men -- And No Women?

Adele Stan | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics

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Adele Stan

The part I find so maddening about this turn of events is the reason given for the absence of a female contender.

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Hillary Clinton for VP

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 07.20.2008 | Home

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Leonce Gaiter

Unlike Rice and Powell, Clinton and Obama want to wield the power themselves, and they make no bones about it. This is a radical shift in establishment Washington's racial/sexual dynamic.

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Senator Nunn's Last Chance

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Aubrey Sarvis

Sam Nunn will not be on the ticket with Obama. But if he would like to be offered the job of Secretary of State or Defense, he has to tell Obama that he supports repealing DADT -- and he has to mean it.

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Sen. Reed: I'm Not Interested In Being VP

AP | MICHELLE R. SMITH | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island said Monday he was not interested in being Democrat Barack Obama's running mate. Reed, a...

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Obama Hasn't Ruled Out Clinton As Vice President

Los Angeles Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama told a potential donor to his campaign that Hillary Rodham Clinton is on his list of possible vice presidential running mates, but that h...

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What's Not The Matter With Kansas: Kate Sheppard Talks To Governor Kathleen Sebelius

Kate Sheppard | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green

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Kate Sheppard

Governor Kathleen Sebelius has advocated for a major increase in the amount of wind power generated in Kansas, and pushed for massive reforms to the state's energy plan.

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Why Jim Webb Is Different -- And It's Not Just the Military Background

David Sirota | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

What I've always found so intriguing about Webb is the thing that makes him such a unique political animal -- he comes from the world of writing, rather than from professional politics.

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Talking Veepstakes

Will Durst | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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Will Durst

Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney only get the nod if every other politician in America coincidentally trips and falls into an active lava tube.

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What About It, Al?

Nora Ephron | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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Nora Ephron

I know it's not a great job. And I know you didn't like it the first time. But that was because of Bill and Hill. They won't be there. I will. Here's the deal: we'll redefine the job. I know, I know -- everyone says this, but I mean it.

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Obama's Best Choice for Veep? Elizabeth Edwards

Lionel Beehner | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

As a woman, she will help lure female Democrats, as a southerner, she'll help Obama win a few battleground states, and as a cancer survivor, she'll help shine a light on McCain's abysmal health plan.

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Hagel: I'd Consider VP Offer From Obama

AP | ANNA JO BRATTON | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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OMAHA, Neb. — Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel said Friday he would consider serving as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's running mate...

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A VP Pick We Can All Believe In

Steve Ralls | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Steve Ralls

Lieutenant General Kennedy would be a VP -- and an historic change -- we could all believe in. And she would have ittle problem bringing along Hillary's core group of supporters to the Obama campaign.

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Ambinder: Time To Vet The VP Candidates

National Journal | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Just after twilight on July 1, 2004, John Kerry slipped through the garden in the back of his Georgetown town house. Accompanied by a single aide and ...

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Obama's Shortlist Just Got Shorter

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Carol Felsenthal

Chris Dodd, Donna Shalala, Richard Holbrooke, David Boren can be scratched from Obama's short list (and perhaps even his long list) for vice president and for cabinet or other high-level positions

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Calamity Kaine: Virginia Gov, Possible Veep, Trembles at Big Coal

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.16.2008 | Green

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Glenn Hurowitz

Virginia governor Tim Kaine set a new standard for politician mealy- mouthedness with a letter to his Air Board. The situation is clear to most Virginia watchers: Kaine is terrified of Big Coal.

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Obama Staff Appointment Sends Signal On Running Mate Selection

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Unless an unreported reconciliation has occurred between Solis Doyle and Clinton, the new appointment seems to send the clearest signal yet that Clinton will not be Obama's running mate.

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Campaign Corner

M. and V. Sommer, D. Wyles | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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M. and V. Sommer, D. Wyles

Armed with an exciting Obama-Pelosi ticket, we get the best of possible worlds. Now the kicker: how should the campaign bumper stickers read? Obama-Pelosi? Barry-Nancy? Not bad.

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Seth Colter Walls

Gen. Clark: McCain Is "Untested And Untried" On National Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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On Tuesday, Sen. Kent Conrad revealed that Sen. Barack Obama is including "former top military leaders" among the approximately two dozen names curren...

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Does Jim Webb Have A Confederacy Problem?

Politico | DAVID MARK | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama's vice presidential vetting team will undoubtedly run across some quirky and potentially troublesome issues as it goes about the business...

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Ted Strickland Shermanesque On VP Prospects

Political Radar | Teddy Davis and John Santucci | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) was Shermanesque on Tuesday in saying that he would "absolutely not" be Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., running mate even if...

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Vetting the Veeps: One Question to Ask

Harry Shearer | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

There is a question Dick Cheney probably would have answered, had he been asked, in 2000, and it would have predicted much that's transpired since.

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Does Obama Really Want Voters to Remember Marc Rich?

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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Carol Felsenthal

Had Hillary been the Democrats' nominee, and if she becomes Barack Obama's running mate, billionaire commodities trader Marc Rich will surely raise his battered head.

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Chris Dodd for VP

Ron Goldstein | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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Ron Goldstein

How about Chris Dodd as Obama's VP? Senator Dodd's prowess not only lies in economic issues but also extends to foreign policy as well as crafting significant domestic legislation.

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