Veepstakes
It’s Palin?!
John McCain suddenly turned into the unpredictable maverick again - if just for a day - with his shocking and highly questionable pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, announced to a packed house (!!) in Dayton earlier today. The McCain campaign managed to keep the press guessing and the exact name […]
Veep Watch: McCain speculation runs wild
Somewhat lost among the spectacle of Obama’s acceptance speech last night is the big even for John McCain this afternoon. The GOP nominee will unveil his running mate in an anticipated event at a half-full arena. McCain will unveil the Veep and then commence a pre-convention tour with him/her through Pennsylvania and other battleground states.
The […]
Veep Watch: Pick made, McCain to appear with them tomorrow
Stories are breaking fast on McCain’s VP selection as the campaign tries so hard to upset the total media domination that Obama’s nomination speech is sure to bring. Leaks are prevalent, and now the campaign itself is publicly making it known that McCain will announce his running mate tomorrow and then appear at a mega-rally […]
Chuck Todd’s BlackBerry
That’s where a fan of Ambinder thinks the McCain campaign will deposit their top secret Veep info during Obama’s speech tonight. Chuck Todd and baseball; couldn’t resist posting this lovely little comment…
Marc - remember back to the 2007 World Series.
It was the final innings of game 4, with the Red Sox about to close it […]
The Buzz
Momentum has finally pushed the Democratic Convention into high gear, with last night’s knockout speeches from Bill Clinton and Joe Biden and the painless roll call vote framing what the new Dem storyline will be coming out of Denver: The party is publicly unified, Barack Obama is prepared to be commander-in-chief, and that opposition to […]
The Buzz
The start of the Democratic National Convention brings with it plenty of anxiety for the Dems and the knowledge that winning this election will not be an easy task. Hardly the coronation and jubilant event it had been billed as following Obama’s primary win, the Denver convention is here as the last best chance for […]
It’s Biden!
The hotly anticipated text message came in just after 3 AM (Halperin was right…) announcing Joe Biden as the official VP pick.
Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden rally live at 3pm ET on www.BarackObama.com. Spread the word!
Biden is scrappy, isn’t afraid to speak his mind and […]
Veep Watch: Biden headed to Springfield?
Has Obama tipped his hand thanks to the burgeoning technology of free web flight trackers?
No text message yet, but Marc Ambinder and others (like PB) have noticed a private NetJets flight that was dispatched from Chicago Midway to - gasp! - Delaware (New Castle, not Wilmington) that arrived a little past 7:30 PM Eastern.
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NBC report: Bayh and Kaine out of the Veepstakes
The first big break for the media in the Obama Veepstakes came tonight as NBC News somehow was able to confirm the rumors that Evan Bayh and Tim Kaine are not in contention to be Obama’s running mate, having been among the handful of names personally called by the Dem nominee either today or this […]
Waiting for that glorious text message
Still waiting for that glorious text message… Odds are getting slimmer that Obama’s Veep announcement will break today. Late tonight would make no sense for a campaign trying to capitalize on the publicity and general boost the running mate choice will bring. CW is that if it doesn’t happen by 6-7 PM on the East […]
