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Obama VP Vetting Goes Deep: Researchers Across The Country

NY Times | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Evan Bayh: Obama's Vice President?

Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

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Obama's VP Shortlist: Bayh, Biden, Kaine

Washington Post | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

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Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has told close associates that he has had "very serious" conversations with Sen. Barack Obama about joining the Democra...

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Rendell: I'm Not Being Vetted Because Obama "Has Good Sense"

The Hill | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Webb: I Couldn't Speak Openly If I Were V.P.

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

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In a heavy-on-the-substance interview on the Charlie Rose Monday evening, Sen. Jim Webb touched on a variety of political topics: his early opposition...

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What Pelosi Doesn't Get About Persuasion

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

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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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Pelosi To Clinton Backers: Stop Worrying About The VP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged disaffected backers of Hillary Clinton to support Barack Obama's choice for vice president, even if he picks a female...

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Gore: No Way I'll Be VP Again

CNN | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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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 ...

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Biden Praises Obama's Spine, Tells McCain To Study History

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Joseph Biden started his speech to the Center for U.S. Global Engagement on Tuesday with the caveat that he is not an Obama insider. But he certa...

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

AP | MICHELLE R. SMITH | Posted 07.22.2008 | 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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Rendell On Being VP: "It Would Take So Long To Vet Me"

The Hill | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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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...

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HuffPost Citizen-Tank: What's Your Ideal Administration?

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

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Who would you have lead the country and why? Pick your president and then outline your dream cabinet. Pick at least five from the list: Attorney General, Secretaries of State, Homeland Security, Energy, Commerce....

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Webb Restates VP Rejection, But Offers Obama Defense On Bittergate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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With Reporting By Bolu Adeyeye At an event to promote his book on Tuesday evening, Sen. Jim Webb restated his decision to remove his name from Barack...

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Jim Webb: "Under No Circumstances" Will I Consider V.P. Role

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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**UPDATE BELOW** Behind Webb's Decision Vice presidential searches are always punctuated by potential candidates making stern statements about their...

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McGovern To Obama: In Choosing VP, First Do No Harm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has a piece of advice for Barack Obama in his search for a vice president: first and foremost...

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The VP Longshots: Bill Gates, Colin Powell, Chet Edwards

Politico | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Last Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) touted Chet Edwards, the little-known Democratic congressman from Waco, Texas, for her party's vic...

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Obama's Shortlist Just Got Shorter

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

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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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Obama, Clinton To Hit Campaign Trail Together Next Week

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign announced Friday that he will campaign with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinto...

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Obama Hires Solis Doyle: A Bad Omen For VP Hillary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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The Obama campaign announced today what had long been suspected: Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle was going to work for the...

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TV Ads And Town Halls: McCain Campaign Revs Up

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

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McCain has begun running general election ads in an impressive list of swing states, providing in effect a battle map of states the GOP believes are in play. Missouri and Michigan near the top of the list.

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Chelsea Clinton Outshines Tim Kaine At TX Convention

Natasha Chen | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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Hordes of Chelsea fans nearly halted the program. "Chelsea, when are you going to run?" shouted one. Many already seemed nostalgic on the night before Hillary suspended her campaign.

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Webb's Audition: Blasts McCain, Assesses Obama's Appalachia Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Jim Webb, one of Congress' fastest rising Democrats and a Senator believed to occupy a spot on Barack Obama's vice presidential short list, is slated ...

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Obama's Running Mate: Party Unity

Lauren Weiner | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home

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Obama might be wise to bypass his own supporters when he goes to select a vice-presidential candidate. Reaching out instead to a high-profile Clinton supporter may be the best way to unite the party.

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Obama Begins Search For Running Mate

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Officials say Obama starts search for running mate

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.30.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama has begun a top-secret search for a running mate, fresh signs that the general election camp...

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