Archive for August 22nd, 2008
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Obama chooses Biden as his VP: report (AFP)
AFP – US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has chosen his Senate colleague, Joseph Biden, as his vice presidential running mate, CNN television reported early Saturday. -
The ticket: Obama-Biden (Politico)
Politico – Barack Obama has ended an intense and highly secretive search for a vice-presidential nominee by settling on Sen. -
Officials: Inmate charged with sending McCain threatening letter
An Arapahoe County Jail inmate was charged in federal court Friday with mailing a threatening letter to Sen. John McCain’s Denver, Colorado, campaign office, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Denver.
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Obama Picks Delaware Senator Biden as Running Mate (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama chose Senator Joseph
Biden, a Delaware Democrat, to be his vice presidential running
mate, according to people inside the Obama campaign and the
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Biden speaks and speaks his own mind (AP)
AP – Barack Obama told everyone he wanted a running mate who will challenge his thinking, and now he’s got one. Joe Biden’s tendency to speak his own mind and speak and speak is entwined in his DNA. -
It’s Obama in the electoral lead (Rocky Mountain News)
Rocky Mountain News – As Democrats gather here this week, the race for the White House – as seen through the prism of the electoral college – is going their way.
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Obama to announce Biden as running mate: report (Reuters)
Reuters – Democrat Barack Obama has chosen
Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running
mate, CNN said on Saturday, citing several unnamed sources in
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A statesman known for slips of his tongue (Politico)
Politico – Forget the idea that opposition researchers got cracking the very moment that Sen. Barack Obama announced Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate—they’ve long been poring over his records and background, and those of all the most likely vice-presidential picks. -
Timeline of Biden’s life and career (AP)
AP – A timeline of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden’s life and career: -
Obama picks Biden for running mate (Rocky Mountain News)
Rocky Mountain News – WASHINGTON Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware late Friday night to be his vice presidential running mate, according to a Democratic official, balancing his ticket with an older congressional veteran well-versed in foreign and defense issues.
