PM veepstakes update

Posted: Monday, June 23, 2008 5:18 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli
THE SHORT LIST
Marc Ambinder reports that both the Obama and McCain camps will likely announce in early August, with both aware of the Olympics starting August 8.

VIDEO: Questions are intensifying as to who each presidential candidate will pick as his running mate. MSNBC Political Analyst Howard Fineman and The Politico's Roger Simon join guest host Mike Barnicle and look at the veepstakes.

WHAT THEY’RE UP TO:
- Hillary Clinton is asking supporters for help with her campaign debt.
- Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) is addressing the U.S. Conference of Mayors
- Rob Portman (R-OH) says he’ll decide by the end of this year if he’ll run for Ohio Governor or Senate in 2010.
- Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA) convened a special session of the VA Assembly on transportation funding.
- Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) won’t hold a traditional post-session press conference with state legislators this week, instead opting for a solo event after they’ve left town.
- Fred Thompson blogs about the Guantanamo decision at Real Clear Politics.
- Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) will be taking viewer questions on CNN tomorrow.

ON THE RECORD:
Elizabeth Edwards was asked on “GMA” about speculation her husband may be on the ticket again. “This is not a subject of conversation at our house. ... We're both going to work as hard as we can to make certain that Senator Obama is the president. And we'll let everything else take care of itself.”

BUZZ METER:
Mitt Romney’s former chair in NJ, Joe Kyrillos, likes the sound of McCain-Romney, not surprisingly. He says there is now a “real warmth” between the two.

Andrew Romano runs down the Pawlenty speculation, saying that despite “the faddish feel of the current Pawlenty chatter, he's long been considered a top veep possibility,” and started lobbying fellow governors in 2006.

Joe Klein hears that McCain is frustrated with the process because he can’t go with his personal favorites – led by Tom Ridge.

CHATTERING CLASS:
Don Frederick thinks Tim Pawlenty better stop telling jokes that include his wife.

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Comments

Don Frederick thinks Tim Pawlenty better stop telling jokes that include his wife. <<

And Barack Obama should start telling jokes about his wife, because, everyone else is.

We're not laughing with you Barack, we're laughing at you.

Young College Students for Truth (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:27 PM)

ON THE RECORD:
"Elizabeth Edwards was asked on “GMA” about speculation her husband may be on the ticket again. “This is not a subject of conversation at our house. ... We're both going to work as hard as we can to make certain that Senator Obama is the president. And we'll let everything else take care of itself.”
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That wasn't a definite "yes" or "NO", so maybe???

Obama/Biden, 2008!
Obama/Edwards, 2008!

KJ, Dallas, TX (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:29 PM)

EE: Elizabeth Edwards was asked on “GMA” about speculation her husband may be on the ticket again. “This is not a subject of conversation at our house. ... "

The Edwards are too busy trying to spend the $1 million dollars in interest they get every month from their hedge funds. For some reason, they think the need to keep up with the Gores.

Wall Street (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:30 PM)

BTW, if McSame most definitely will lose the GE if Tricky Rick Perry is his running mate, lol! What a joke Perry (Mr. Toll Road/Sell our highways to foreigners/Bottom of the barrel schools and healthcare for children representative). Can't wait to vote loser Perry out of office!

OBAMA, 2008!

KJ, Dallas, TX (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:32 PM)

Elizabeth Edwards for veep.

Me (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:33 PM)

Obama could pick Saddam, and the liberal news media would still breathlessly fawn over the choice. Campbell Brown of CNN almost had to excuse herself from the set with the vapors when AlGores name came up the other day.

CNN - No longer the Clinton News Network (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:33 PM)

Boy O Boy if McWar picks Romney he will loose the south! They do not like Mormons down there!

Capt. Smash, Salt Lake City, Utah (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:34 PM)

I see where Joe was again missing from Morning Joe. Anyone would be out sick a lot having to work with Mika. Maybe Obama could appoint Mika to be a 4 star general?

JustAksin (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:37 PM)

I hope McCain will pick Romney - that will be a very bad ticket.

I like Edwards but do not see him as a very good VP pick. I think Joe Biden or Bill Richardson would be good picks.

Great Obama stuff!

http://www.artwearactivist.com

Vote for Obama (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:42 PM)

Both Biden and Richardson did a good job representing Obama yesterday on the Sunday Circuit. Neither Fiorina, nor Graham made a cohesive, salient point.

Hillary is not being considered as VP. Please quit stirring the pot by bringing it up. PS. Hilocrats for McCain,...Obama and Clinton have identical positions on partial birth abortions

http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/barack_obama_Abortion.htm

http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Hillary_Clinton_Abortion.htm

look it up,...

Clara Kansas City, MO (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:42 PM)

dusual tx (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:44 PM)

dusual, tx
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I'm going to write-in Hillary-if she doesn't get the nom!

Bobbi, Eau Claire, WI (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 6:12 PM)

Can't wait for Unity campaigning in Unity city.

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dusual tx (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 5:44 PM)

Huckabee will be the moral Christian VP for navy hero John McCain who will be our president and finally win our wars with the muslims in the mid-east. It will not be close as all Hilreys women like Bobbi in EC Wisc is right will come to the navy man McCains side against that idiot liberal tax and spender. Check out Rush's broadcast.
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Rush is a comedian. Ditto Unity e.g. Hillary's campaigning for Obama, not McCain.

Beverly in Chicago (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 6:15 PM)

Campbell Brown of CNN almost had to excuse herself from the set with the vapors when AlGores name came up the other day
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maybe she can hook up with Chris matthews and his "tingling" leg. At least, they only mentioned Gore. Mention Obama and she visibly swoons. SICK

NObama (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 6:17 PM)

dusual tx - you lost me at "Check out Rush's broadcast". If you are forming your opinions on the words of an opportunistic drug addict who sent his maid to buy his drugs then your credibility is suspect.

Mark Mora, Albuquerque, NM (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 6:18 PM)

Both Biden and Richardson did a good job representing Obama yesterday
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Clara in KC: You must have watched a different program. Too bad Obama made liars out of Biden and Richardson, too. Of course, lie down with dogs and you get fleas.

NObama (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 6:20 PM)

Obama is going to pick Al Gore....

McCain should pick Romney - he knows how to balance a budget and turn around financial issues.

KAStevens Dallas, TX (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 6:25 PM)

Just heard on radio that one of Obama's aides says he talks constantly about turning the White House bowling alley into a basketball court. No arrogance there; already planning the remodel. I wonder how that fake Obama Presidential seal will look in the middle of the court?

NObama (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 6:38 PM)

dusual tx, that is the funniest I've read in a long time. LMAO.

If we could harness half the energy used on these posts we could light America for a 100 years.

A Charles, LA, CA (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 6:49 PM)

I suppose this sounds crazy, but it appealled to me for some reason. Maybe Obama could have Ron Paul as his V.P.? What do you think?

Ukiah Morrison, Redwood Valley, California (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 7:10 PM)

WHAT THEY’RE UP TO:
- Hillary Clinton is asking supporters for help with her campaign debt.
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I'm sorry. I'm really not trying to poke fun at her but come on!

fed up in Idaho (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 7:16 PM)

Claire McCaskill for VP

Mike, Hopkinton, MA (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 7:19 PM)

Hillary is now asking her suppourters for $20-$30 million to defray her debt? Good luck with that. If she couldn't generate the contributions when she was running, why give now? What's after that, a POOR-HILL nationwide telethon for a weekend?

marcopolo51 (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 7:20 PM)

bill, ok - Rove Warrior = dumba-- ...it's a characterization not an analogy but anyone who thinks highly of Rove is more than likely just an analogy of something intelligent themselves. One day you and other analogies will be lying to your children and grand children telling them how you voted for Obama. You will.

Okay Bull, whatever you say. The only way though that I'd say I voted for Obama was if I was in the House of Representitives. That way I could say I voted for Obama's impeachment.

Rove Warrior (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 7:20 PM)

Biden would be a good choice for Obama.

If McCain picked Lieberman, that would be good for Obama.

Murgatroyd, Umpqua, Oregon (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 7:22 PM)

dusal tx...
McCain won't be our president in 08. Too much like t Bush. The Senator from Ark. is going to find it difficult to carry his home state. You have a vivid immagination but not much else going for you. Typical Texan.

A.Brocco,Albuquerque,NM (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 7:24 PM)

Whoa there, Capt. Smash. Easy on the categorizations of southerners. But to your point (as a former southerner) I think that most of us just don't understand Mormons.

Davy Eugene, OR (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 7:31 PM)

"Young College Students for Truth"???!! Whoever that is needs to polish the facade. College students would never refer to themselves as "young college students."

Marcos (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 7:54 PM)

Oh My Gosh! Someone is criticizing Obama!! Racists! Racists!!
Tommy Harris, Detroit MI
*****

Spoken like a true idiot. Gain more bearing and come back when you are worthy.

DV, CA (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 8:18 PM)

I am a displeased Republican and I am disgusted by my party, that is why this year I am supporting Barack Obama for President of the United States of America!

Joe Reed, Miami, FL (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 8:22 PM)

Huckabee will be the moral Christian VP for navy hero John McCain who will be our president and finally win our wars with the muslims in the mid-east. It will not be close as all Hilreys women like Bobbi in EC Wisc is right will come to the navy man McCains side against that idiot liberal tax and spender. Check out Rush's broadcast.
dusual tx

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1) You're an idiot.

2) Spelling and grammer are your friend. Please repeat remedial english.

3) To say we are at war with muslim and the middle east proves that you have absolutely no clue what is going on in the world or that you are a deliberate troll. In either case, see #1

4)Rush's Broadcast? Yes, you are an idiot. You obviously do not have the intelligence or ability to check facts or think for yourself. Spoon fed your daily dose of garbage, you happily wallow in it, bringing shame to your state and the human race in general. Again, see #1

DV, CA (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 8:25 PM)

I dont think oh Hillary wants to be VP, she would rather see O'bamboozle this year so she can act like the golden knightin 4 years. If O'bamboozle wins, she is toast, because the idiotic liberal policies will destroy the nations ecomony. The O'bamatrons will be so confused in 4 years when gas is $10 a gallon and they still dont have a good job. They wil have woken up and realized that it may be more important to focus on the here and now instead of worrying about polar bears sweating it out in the artic circle.

Larry J Clearwater FL (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 8:48 PM)

There is no such thing as partial birth abortions per se. This is a made up concept by pro-life proponents in order to enrage the public against abortion. I surprised that nobody has called them on this.

Late term abortions are never elective procedures (except by quacks and you have to prosecute them anyway); they are only done to terminate pregnancies of non-viable or severly deformed fetuses that would otherwise involve c-sections or health compromising deliveries. Get real people and stop being hysterical...no one supports last trimester termination of healthy pregnancies and I mean no one!
Obama '08

Mitchell Feldman, Vestal, NY (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 9:21 PM)

DEMOCRATS WANT OIL COMPANIES TO DRILL FOR OIL THAT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IMPORTED OIL! ???

Democrats are insisting that our oil companies should drill for oil on lands that the oil companies have already determined it would not be cost-effective for them to drill for oil..

The oil companies would have to charge MORE for this oil than we now pay for the foreign oil. DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? To the Democrats twisted way of thinking, it apparently does.. It is spitefulness; like ‘cutting off our nose to spite our face.’

DEMOCRATS ENERGY POLICY WILL CAUSE A DEPRESSION.

Dems Twisted Energy Logic is Dangerous ... (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 9:29 PM)

Hey Chuck,

WHERE did the Sweepstakes lottery/pyramid/playoff go??

P Colher (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 9:45 PM)

I would really like to see Edwards as the Obama VP, although I am not sure that it is likely to happen.

As for Romney being McCain's VP, that would truly be a gift to Democrats.

http://www.politivine.com

Politivine (SC) (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 10:01 PM)

Hey, Young College Students for Truth:
Why are you in college and writing comments on
blogs? You should be in uniform helping out in
Iraq since you seem to support Republican
policies. Just as I thought - young college
Repugnant Ones who are afraid to stand behind
what they support. Can you say "CHICKENHAWK"
as in Dick Cheney???

JB in Wayne, NJ (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 10:15 PM)

I think the issue will be the economy and not so much national security, which brings Edwards back in the game.. I still think Biden is the best, but Gore would be great too..

Pam OC,CA (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 11:09 PM)

Obama/Hagel 08

The perfect unity ticket.

Would show how unique an Obama presidency will be.

tonybama, grahamsville, ny (Sent Monday, June 23, 2008 11:19 PM)

Intrestingly the professional analysts (tv and radio pundits) keep insisting that the VP is not what attracts the voters, just the presidential candidate. It seems to me that like so many other things in this election year, the VP will be more important than in the past. It seems to me that both of these individually strong candidates could make it or break it with their pick. I personally hope that John McCain picks Karl Rove. Rove has run the Bush presidency so he should be a good fit.

mexed, san antonio, texas (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:09 AM)

Yeah - McMayday and Huckahasbeen on a strafing run in a city near you soon.

dusual republican (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:26 AM)

What happened to the interactive VeepStakes game? I have not seen it in weeks and it was a lot of fun. Did that get removed?

David (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:34 AM)

dusual <<
"Check out Rush's broadcast"???
You can't be serious...

BHO, Chi, IL (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:39 AM)

Biden explains why the whole whining about not being able to drill ANWR etc is such nonsense as clearly as can be. He didn't let Graham roll over him just by repeating the same talking point, all Graham had. Biden kept reminding him that the oil companies actually already hold plenty of leases they could be drilling right now but choose not to. Graham was reduced to a sheepish nervous smile.

Biden would be great getting the economic policy message out and great in the VP debate. He has foreign policy chops,too. And he seems to have gotten his motor mouth under control lately.

Felix CO (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:03 AM)

Are all conservatives really that obtuse?
You've got this dusual tx poster talking "tax and spenders" and I doubt he/she has the foggiest clue what that even means. Dems are not anti-business, no govt. can prosper without good commerce, the dems at least try to take care of the people. The repunks are pro-business at the citizens expense(literally and figuratively)
The poster then mispells Hillary, badly (Hilreys), and then promotes listening to Rush Limbaugh, like its newsWORTHY. Hillarious. . . excuse me hilreyous.

The same Rush who supported Operation chaos(pronounced k-oss not chouse okay dusual) which by any measure was a diservice to the political system, but that's how they think win even if you have to sell your soul.

Oh btw tax and spend, you do know that Obama wants to LOWER taxes for 97% of taxpayers. And while his plan technically "raises" for the 3% of those making 250,000 or more, its really not a raise its the removal of a tax-cut put in place by Bush.

With you taxes cut dusual you can afford to get a better education(GED) and with the college incentives Obama's proposed YOU can at least drive by and LOOK at a college.

College degrees vote Obama, everyone else votes against--speaks volumes about where we are as a nation

Mil Columbus OH (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:05 AM)

Seriously, what do you people do all day? Do you have jobs or do you just sit in your little cubicles and keep refreshing this page every 2 minutes hoping there is a new story up? For the life of me I cant figure out why. All i read is the same recycled talk from the same 20 people. Why dont you all quit beating your respective dead horses and go contribute to society.?

Get a life, CC,NV (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:31 AM)

The nature of scenes in separation memories of a forgotten sharing. Mike Memoli could have kept this connecting feature in a ready response for some other cordial desire. Fot it really has no ready purpose for reading or anything fully attained.

Jasper Zeigler Jr - Montco , Pennsylvania (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:01 AM)

what ever you here or read that is saying Senator Obama does not have a good chance is a racism scare even Muslim's that have concern should know better and all media outlet;s should quit on the vetting he is for real and with the demorcractic party behind him their is hope for the change we need

fly poole (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:41 AM)

It's official: the silly season is in full swing.

Expelliarmus, OH (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:55 AM)

Bobby Jindal? That is sure a funny sounding name for an american. Sounds more like a middle eastern muslim type foreign name or arab or indian or something foreign.

David, LA (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:23 AM)

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