Veepstakes update: Obama on Sebelius
Posted: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:20 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC/NJ’s Mike Memoli
THE SHORT LIST. Obama told a Missouri station: “I love Kathleen Sebelius. I think she is as talented a public official as there is right now. Integrity. Competence. She can work with all people of all walks of life, but I promised that I am not going to say anything about my vice president until I actually introduce my vice president.”
WHAT THEY’RE UP TO. Colin Powell met with Obama on June 18. He and John McCain chatted on June 14, per NBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
Wes Clark again stood by his comments in an interview on MSNBC with Mitchell. And for McCain, Carly Fiorina again pushed back, saying he is a surrogate for the Obama camp.
VIDEO: Sen. McCain's campaign says that Sen. Jim Webb, on Countdown Monday, was renewing the attack on McCain's military service launched by Wesley Clark on Sunday. But where is this in Sen. Webb's statements on the broadcast? Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis discusses.
And Sen. Jim
Webb had to
deny that he demeaned McCain’s service when he said he needed to “calm down.”
BUZZ METER. The efforts to unite Democrats -- including the Hillary Clinton/Obama Unity event -- dominated news coverage last week.
But Reuters finds that the chances of a “dream ticket” are increasingly less likely according to online speculators. Webb and Mitt Romney are seen as the most likely Democratic and Republican picks, respectively.
Wall Street Journal looked at how Al Gore or Joe Biden could fill in some gaps in Obama’s resume.
An influential NJ pastor likes Obama-Biden.
CHATTERING CLASS. Marc Ambinder, and loads of Mike Huckabee supporters, wonder why HuckPAC is supporting Rep. Don “Bridge to Nowhere” Young (R-AK).
Cillizza looks at LA Gov. Bobby Jindal’s (R) handling of the pay raise. And one of his consultants said that he “did something that's not in the political playbook -- he admitted a mistake and corrected it -- and he didn't try to hide any of it or pretend it was the plan all along.”
New Republic’s Cohn thinks Romney would be a shrewd choice.
ELECTORAL MATH. Joe Lieberman’s approval rating is under 50 percent in CT for the first time. And Chris Dodd has also taken a hit, with his lowest net approval ever.
