The Text Is In! Biden Is VP! Thanks For The Update!
It's 3:31 a.m. EST and a text message just came in on my phone: Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden ...
It's 3:31 a.m. EST and a text message just came in on my phone: Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden ...
AP | BETH FOUHY and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling his running mate, Joe Biden, "a leader who is ready to step in and...
236.com | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics
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Steve Clemons | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
Be thankful for radio silence I guess when other candidates for VP like Daschle and Bayh are getting phone calls saying, "Sorry....but we look forward to working with you in many other ways in the coming years."
The Washington Post | Tim Craig | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) said today that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) may be able to carry Virginia if he selects Gov...
Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
The Obama team, in the run-up to the Democratic convention, will showcase the new Obama ticket Saturday in Springfield at the Old State Capitol, where...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS and BETH FOUHY | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Barack Obama's newly minted running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage Saturday at a rally in this capital city w...
New York Times | Jeff Zeleny and Adam Nagourney | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics
Senator Barack Obama has all but finalized his choice for a running mate and set an elaborate roll-out plan for his decision, beginning with an early ...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
We are a nation at war -- why are two neophytes on the world stage, Bayh and Kaine, at the top of the list when Obama himself has zero foreign policy or national security chops?
Caryl Rivers | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics
This should be prime time for Democrats. But Barack Obama isn't closing the deal. So here's where Hillary comes in: she could be the beer to Barack's champagne, the apple pie to his arugula.
NY Times | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
Speculation surrounding Senator Barack Obama's vice-presidential selection has often been set off by the comings and goings at a law firm on Pennsylva...
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics
The Politico reports that Barack Obama's campaign is floating Republican Ann Veneman as a potential VP: Barack Obama's vice presidential search team ...
Politico | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama said he'll give his vice president substantive work and will choose his running mate based on ability to govern, not to help win a state ...
Falls Church News Press | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics
The former national chairman of the Democratic Party who ran Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign this year told 200 Democratic activists in Fairfa...
The Hill | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) says that he has not been contacted by the Barack Obama campaign to undergo the vice presidential vetting process bec...
Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics
Buried in an article on the veep-vetting process comes this piece of information: Democrats said they thought it was less likely now than it was a m...
CNN | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
Eight years in the No. 2 spot is enough for Al Gore. The former vice president, who issued a challenge to the next President of the United States on ...
AP | MICHELLE R. SMITH | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
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...
The Hill | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) said Monday that he is 'absolutely not' being vetted as a running mate for Barack Obama, joking that "it would ta...
CNN | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama said Thursday he's in no rush to pick a vice presidential candidate, telling CNN "everybody needs to settle down" and let the vetting pro...
Reny Monk | Posted 06.20.2008 | Home
Who wants to be the first to sign? Perhaps I should look up Monica, Paula and Gennifer and see if they'd be interested.
The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
Very quietly, Sen. Barack Obama has begun the process that will end in his choosing a running mate, Democrats inside and outside the campaign said. O...
AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.30.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — Likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama has begun a top-secret search for a running mate, fresh signs that the general election camp...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics
With the Democratic competition coming to an end, it's time for rampant VP speculation. Who do you think would be the best Vice President for an Obam...
Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics
UPDATE 8/23/08 1:00 AM EASTERN: Obama has selected Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate. Update - 8/22/08: As Obama's announcement draws c...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media