Veepstakes: The vetted.

Posted: Friday, July 11, 2008 9:15 AM by Domenico Montanaro

MN’s Tim Pawlenty says he’s NOT being vetted.

Howard Wolfson says Hillary Clinton is not being vetted.

But Chris Dodd told the AP that he IS being vetted and is turning over documents. There's been some inquiries, yeah," Dodd said. "They ask for a lot of stuff. I'll leave it there." Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO): "I'm not going to talk about it."

Compiled by NBC/NJ’s Mike Memoli…
DEMOCRATS: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) "is no longer denying" that she's being vetted. "Any discussion about this process is being done by the campaign itself," she said when asked. By the way, Sebelius will lead a delegation to England to promote the state's aviation industry. and

VIDEO: A Race for the White House panel debates: Does Barack Obama need Hillary Clinton to win the presidency?

Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM), asked if he's being vetted on "Morning Joe": "I'm not gonna get into any of that stuff," he said. But he did cut his hair.

The wife of Evan Bayh is being criticized for the poor performance of Indiana's Emmis Communications.

Edwards was doing his best for Obama in Connecticut yesterday and is in New Jersey today.

REPUBLICANS: McCain gave the customary praise to Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) during his stop at the state headquarters, calling him "one of the great governors of this United States of America, a great friend and a great leader. ... How proud I am of his leadership of this great progressive state." But "I have not been asked to provide any documents or information to the McCain campaign," Pawlenty said earlier.

Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) is defending the cost of his European trade mission, which includes his fiancé.

THE CHATTERING CLASS: Ken Vogel looks how potential veeps have made subtle shifts to position themselves for a selection.

Chris Cillizza re-ranks the VP contenders. On the GOP side: Romney, Pawlenty, Ridge, Jindal, Thune. On the Dem side: Kaine, Bayh, Sebelius, Biden, Clinton.

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Comments

NO WAY to Chris Dodd. Sorry; but he is flat as pancake and less interesting. Just my opinion.

I don't believe Claire McCaskill is being seriously considered, I would truly be shocked. I like her fine; but I just don't see it. Plus, her seat would potentially go Red,...

Clara Kansas City, MO (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:26 AM)

I would love to see McAskill (but I don't think I will). But Richardson has been my choice for a long time. I think he's key to the West and a wonderful link to the Hispanic community... Besides, it would really put a knot in the Clinton's knickers, wouldn't it?

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Midwest Mom, Illiana (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:27 AM)

"There is an apperance you are trying to hide something"

Mr. Dodd rewrote accounting rules that allowed Arthur Andersen to cover up for Enron.

Mr. Dodd and Mr. Shelby are co sponsoring the FHA Hosuing Stabilization Act of 2008 which was wrote word for word by Bank of America.

Countrywide shareholders recently approved the buyout of Bank of America.

The Truth (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:30 AM)

Yeah, it's crunch time for the candidates to choose their Vice Presidents. There is a weekly 2008 Vice President online poll at

http://www.votenic.com

so see what America thinks

Brandon, Issaquah, WA (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:30 AM)

Gee, Gov. Bill Richardson has a killer smile!

I think this post, from one of our friends yesterday, deserves another airing!

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To answer Curious George's earlier question on how hypocritical '...Obama can be attacking McCain as being a part of the problem due to being in the Senate for 26 years, and then to choose Biden...'.
******************************************************Becuase Biden's 35 years of Senate experience has put him on the 'right' side of most of the major issues since the 70's.
From the Cold War dealings at the beginning, to Social Security and Medicare, to the Biden-then-Clinton Crime Bill, to the Dayton Accords, and his Violence against Womens Act and now his 75 senator approved Plan for Iraq.
He is very much seen as hard working, no nonsense, non-partisian senator with Liberal ideals. Which is why he has been nominated to the ranks like that of Chairman of the Judiciary committee and now the Chairman of the Foreign Relations committee (like 6th in line to the president).
Some have even likened Biden's younger self to that of Obama much because of his civil rights accomplishments and that he doesn't ever actually live in Washington, but commutes often instead.
I say that's pretty solid and vividly different than McCain. He is also a professor of Constitional Law.
Scott H (Sent Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:09 PM)

SUPER EFFORT SCOTT, THANKS!

donna (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:30 AM)

Why on earth would Sen. Clinton require formal vetting? We know everything there is to know about her. She's the best possible pick for VP ... all this vetting of others is a smokescreen. It will be Obama/Clinton by the end of the convention.

Beth, Orlando, FL (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:32 AM)

Interesting, my top favorite pick for Obama is still Biden. I have to agree with Clara about Chris Dodd, he is very uninteresting. I don't see Obama choosing any woman for VP other than Hillary Clinton. In my opinion it would be crazy for him to do so, that would alienate many Hillary voters.

Obama/Biden, 08

A Latte Lover, Seattle, WA (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:34 AM)

If Pawlenty is not being vetted, McCain just woke up to the fact that we in MN do not like him. He barely won reelection,and the only reason he did is that the opposing candidate imploded at the end. MN Republicans are from the right wing nut case part of the party, and Pawlenty is nothing but an empty suit, more concerned about his own future than the needs of this state.

When the bridge collapsed in MN, one of his political hacks would not return from a jaunt she was on. She just figured it would wait, I guess.

The only reason I would want Pawlenty on McCain's ticket is to get him the heck out of here.

sotiredofignorance (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:35 AM)

What about Hugo Chavez? He'd be a perfect VP candidate for Obama. Both he and Obama are socialists, plus he speaks Spanish, which Obama says everyone should speak, even though he doesn't.

Jorge Lopez-Jones, San Diego Ca (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:35 AM)

Isn't Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) a closet gay? What's this talk about a fiance? Are you kidding? Is this to "appear" "normal" for those Christian conservatives McFossil is having such a hard time convincing? Yeah, this'll do it! Wonder what O'Rielly or Pat Buchannen have to say about that???? The things people will do, eh? I think it's hysterical.

Gay? Who Me? Only on Weekends. (Sent Friday, July 11, 2008 9:40 AM)

Sigh...I'm so tired of hearing about how Obamaa "needs" Clinton. No he doesn't.

I like Obama-Richardson. Obama "needs" foreign policy experience, and Richardson is the man for the job.

Kathy, The Colony, TX (Sent Sunday, July 13, 2008 3:16 AM)

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