Aug 21, 2008 9:08pm
With Veep Speculation Rampant, Obama Mentions Biden Again In Speech
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It may mean nothing, but tonight in Chesapeake, Virginia, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, made his second oratorical reference in a week to Veep finalist Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware.
Earlier this week Obama referred to Biden when discussing Pakistan during a speech to the VFW. Tonight Obama mentioned him in reference to having a strategy for shutting down the drug trade in Afghanistan in such a way as to not provide recruits for the Taliban.
"I joined with people like Joe Biden to increase a billion dollars of investment," Obama said. No such references have been made to the other two said to be finalists, Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine.
Hmmmmmm…..
- Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller
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“When you’ve got nothing to say, say nothing at all” comes to mind
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | August 21, 2008, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm
who knows?
Posted by: Thinking | August 21, 2008, 9:23 pm 9:23 pm
and this article has TWO reporters in it’s byline?
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | August 21, 2008, 9:24 pm 9:24 pm
Who cares?
Posted by: Jayhawk | August 21, 2008, 9:25 pm 9:25 pm
Maybe someone should ask Obama — did you look at the internals of the recent WSJ/NBC poll that showed Hillary outperforming you by 3 percentage points? Maybe you should be VP to Hillary?
Posted by: katmandu | August 21, 2008, 9:27 pm 9:27 pm
Yawn, it’s getting old.
Posted by: Gary | August 21, 2008, 9:27 pm 9:27 pm
Fox has Obama up by three points. A month ago, Fox had Obama up by one point.
Negative campaigning is soooo 20th C?
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | August 21, 2008, 9:28 pm 9:28 pm
Jerimaih Wright or Bill Ayers would be a good choice.
Posted by: unbelievable | August 21, 2008, 9:38 pm 9:38 pm
The British Daily Telegraph has just reported that Hillary’s youngest brother is working with the McCain camp. Why has no major US news outlet reported this turn of events?
Posted by: Marty | August 21, 2008, 9:40 pm 9:40 pm
God will it ever be over ??? enough with the vp who cares
Posted by: Bishop | August 21, 2008, 9:50 pm 9:50 pm
Obama is just too fake – a prerequisite for a highly-qualified used-car salesman job, not a lowly-qualified President.
Posted by: young_voter | August 21, 2008, 9:52 pm 9:52 pm
‘obama biden’ doesn’t that sound too much like ‘osama bin ladin’?
with hillary he would have won election
with biden you have a ticket with two very liberal guys running against maccain
if this doesn’t show poor judgement what does?
Posted by: jojo star | August 21, 2008, 9:58 pm 9:58 pm
Wake me up when it’s finally over. To much drama with Obama.
Posted by: Steve | August 21, 2008, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm
I careless about Obama’s VP……
I voted for Hillary on primaries but
i will vote for McCain in november…..
Posted by: ROBERT | August 21, 2008, 10:04 pm 10:04 pm
The higher it hypes, the more dead splash it crashes.
Posted by: Jokerous | August 21, 2008, 10:12 pm 10:12 pm
Puma sucks!period vote for Mcsame if you are comfortable in life! and dont whine when things dont work out!!
Posted by: braggingrights | August 21, 2008, 10:12 pm 10:12 pm
Marty if Obama cant be responsible for his youngest half brother living in a hut in kenya, then Hillary cant be responsible for her brother talking with McCain, and already had this story and so has this site.
Posted by: rachel | August 21, 2008, 10:16 pm 10:16 pm
A true Hillary supporter knows McCain stands against everything that Hillary stood for.
No matter who his VP is (Clinton or not), not voting for Obama means you don’t care about what Clinton stood for, and more importantly our country… all you care about is your selfish stubbornness.
If Obama is inexperienced (which good judgment overrides), and even a fake (which is far from true), as some accuse him of being, isn’t even that better than McCain who stands for minimal change on reform in Washington, global warming, and health care, and stands for everything George W. Bush does when it comes to the economy, Energy solutions, Iraq, Woman rights and equality, and education.
Since we live in this reality, and not an alternate one where Hillary is our nominee, we must all unite and stand and shout together, just as we did for Hillary during the primaries, and support Obama for president.
Posted by: true Hillary supporter | August 21, 2008, 10:23 pm 10:23 pm
McCain 08!
Posted by: david from texas | August 21, 2008, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm
Sometimes you praise or acknowledge the runnerup.
All of this is just speculation, you guys have an office pool going?
Posted by: Thinking | August 21, 2008, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm
I think Obama would need Hillary in order to even have a chance at winning…however, the Dems are so divided this year, the GOP will take the election.
Posted by: david from texas | August 21, 2008, 10:41 pm 10:41 pm
If the way the candidates run their camapaigns is any indication as how they would run the country– Obama gets my vote— what a lift that would be for our country–
Posted by: van | August 21, 2008, 10:43 pm 10:43 pm
The Dem’s only chance was Hillary. Unless McCain makes a fatal error it’s now his. Obama has no experience to be President and the voters will have this on their minds come election day.
Posted by: cathy | August 21, 2008, 11:03 pm 11:03 pm
Barry (in deep contemplation in the
corner of a dark room)….”one p’tater,
two p’tater, three p’tater, four…….”
Posted by: Trajan | August 21, 2008, 11:04 pm 11:04 pm
Who cares about Hillary’s brother. Her parents were republicans. Both my parents are republicans, I’m not. My brother’s a republican and my sisters aren’t. And yes we still love each other and get a long.
Posted by: Miki | August 21, 2008, 11:10 pm 11:10 pm
Did anyone else notice that the whole Biden family is converging at his house? He went to the bank today to check his finances. He got his teeth checked out at the dentist. It’s probably important for VPs to have smiles when they’re getting photographed with the presidential nominee.
If it’s not Biden, my guess is that he shocks us and picks Hillary.
Posted by: Mike | August 21, 2008, 11:12 pm 11:12 pm
The illegitimate presumptuous nominee’s pick for VP, I couldn’t care less.
I will not reward race-baiting, caucus rigging, back-room dealings.
NOBAMA!!
Posted by: Rick | August 21, 2008, 11:26 pm 11:26 pm
Here we GO AGAIN -
** NObama VP HYPE, just like Hollywood !! **
BTW, NObama, please do not forget REZKO !!
(oops, Rezko is scheduled for sentencing in Federal Prison one week before the election…)
Sorry…
McCAIN or Hillary ’08
Posted by: CJB in CA | August 21, 2008, 11:39 pm 11:39 pm
Biden would be a big mistake…the onlyh sure way to win the GE is with Hillary as VP… the indignate,self-riteous hardcore Obama people better not boo Hillary at the convention…you are running GW Bushes 2000 campaign in reverse… we do not need this kind of extremism and if you didnt think that Obama would have to come back to the center to get elected you are incredibly stupid and naive!
Posted by: staniam | August 21, 2008, 11:43 pm 11:43 pm
He is selecting that weird priest. The one which lists David Axelrod as a board member.
“Hillary ain’t ever been called a
Posted by: Tom | August 21, 2008, 11:47 pm 11:47 pm
Rezko is scheduled for sentencing in Oct. And your point is.
Posted by: d | August 21, 2008, 11:47 pm 11:47 pm
i still try to wonder how anyone could say they would vote for Hillary or McCain but not Obama– when Hillary and McCain are so opposite in their policies and and Obama and Hillary are somewhat the same–there is only one conclusion i can come up with — — its sad for AMerica I thought we were further than that— people need to vote their policies — how could a vet for McCain when he has voted against most of the bills that would help them… how could a woman for McCain when he has made crude jokes about women and does not believe that she should be able to make decisions regarding her life- look closely– he thinks women should be a trophy — his first wife was fine until the accident– shall i go on– they all have their faults but again voting for one or the other when their beliefs are so oppositie– is off centered
Posted by: vsn | August 21, 2008, 11:47 pm 11:47 pm
I GOT THE TEXT!
I GOT THE TEXT! OMG. OMG.
EVAN BAYH
EVAN BAYH
YES WE CAN!!!!!
OBAMA/BAYH ’08
Posted by: Amber | August 21, 2008, 11:51 pm 11:51 pm
Please, Obama — pick the plagarist.
Biden is a one man gaffe machine.
Posted by: Peach | August 21, 2008, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm
EVAN BAYH!!
I got the text too.
Posted by: Jim | August 21, 2008, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm
Are you people serious? How are you going to vote for McCain when you once supported Hillary? They believe in completely different philosophies!
You blame Obama for Rezko & inexperience. Can you say Keating 5? Flip-flopping? George Bush? Elitism? Desperate negative campaigning? McCain would make a horrible president. He says $5 million is the threshold to be rich, doesn’t know how many houses he owns, and is going to continue the tax cuts and spending that Bush ruined the country with. Are you kidding me?
Bush had little to no experience when he ran for president – Obama is more qualified than he was. So don’t use that excuse.
I care about my country – Barack Obama 2008.
Posted by: Drew | August 21, 2008, 11:56 pm 11:56 pm
VSN
you will see thereare more than just angry women still supporting Hillary and we knowwe took the high road and lost in the primaries but if you want Obama the greatone to win the election you have no choice but to accept that Hillary should be VP because of the numbers…..Pres. Bill Clinton had it absoultely,ABSOULTELY right when he said in February that running Obama in November as President was a roll of the dice… he was talking about poll numbers thats is getting painfully ridiculous! Just pick Hillary and hope you can be saved!
Posted by: staniam | August 21, 2008, 11:58 pm 11:58 pm
Actually Biden makes McCain look like an amateur when it comes to foreign policy and national security experience.
If people like you dont want Obama to chose Biden then Obama is definitely doing the right thing. You repubs are running scared.
Obama/Biden winning ticket!
Posted by: Keith | August 22, 2008, 12:02 am 12:02 am
Obama’s only chance to be President was accepting to be VP to Hillary when she offered, to learn from the best and then run after her terms.
But he believed his own hype, now he’s going down in flames, no matter the fool who runs with him. McCain is already leading in the polls, it is going to get ridiculous.
Posted by: Rick | August 22, 2008, 12:06 am 12:06 am
Can we nominate Biden or Clinton or Gore instead of Obama? At this point, anybody but Obama…. Why do we Democrats have such a knack for nominating losers?
Posted by: Nancy | August 22, 2008, 12:07 am 12:07 am
Obama bin Biden ’08??
Posted by: easygoes | August 22, 2008, 12:08 am 12:08 am
Obamanation ends in 75 days…YES!
Posted by: mystery | August 22, 2008, 12:12 am 12:12 am
Is it too much to ask for posters to do five seconds of research before posting about Keating 5? I know public schools aren’t what they used to be but honestly, the internet makes it so easy.
From Wikipedia:
The Ethics Committee ruled that the involvement of McCain in the scheme was also minimal, and he too was cleared of all charges against him.[18][17] McCain was criticized by the Committee for exercising “poor judgment” when he met with the federal regulators on Keating’s behalf.[6] The report also said that McCain’s “actions were not improper nor attended with gross negligence and did not reach the level of requiring institutional action against him….Senator McCain has violated no law of the United States or specific Rule of the United States Senate.”[14] On his Keating Five experience, McCain has said: “The appearance of it was wrong. It’s a wrong appearance when a group of senators appear in a meeting with a group of regulators, because it conveys the impression of undue and improper influence. And it was the wrong thing to do.”[6]
Several accounts of the controversy contend that McCain was included in the investigation primarily so that there would be at least one Republican target.[21][22][23][9]
The only wrongdoing found was — ta da–by three Democrats. I know we’re all shocked. /s
Posted by: Peach | August 22, 2008, 12:12 am 12:12 am
McCLAIN is RIGHT:
_____
I am not questioning NObama’s Patriotism,
I am questioning NObama’s JUDGEMENT…
_____
McCLAIN and Hillary have better JUDGEMENT than NObama
McCLAIN or Hillary in ’08 !!!
Posted by: CJB in CA | August 22, 2008, 12:18 am 12:18 am
For those of you that think they got legit txts from the Obama campaign if you google obama txts you will find that there are false txts going out to people about who the VP will be nominees including mickey mouse,and some olympians oh and it says that the Obama campaign assures everyone that their personal info is safe… Pick Hillary save the campaign and win the election its that simple but the hard core obamaites never really think about anything
Posted by: staniam | August 22, 2008, 12:27 am 12:27 am
I’m votin’ for McCain unless Hillary Clinton is the VP.
Posted by: Jesse | August 22, 2008, 1:00 am 1:00 am
Could the pick be Arnold?
Posted by: Joel O'Connell | August 22, 2008, 1:37 am 1:37 am
I don’t think he’ll pick Biden since he supported the authorization for the Iraq war. My sources are still pointing to M.R. Cyrus
Posted by: S.P. Gass | August 22, 2008, 1:38 am 1:38 am
A hypothetical Hillary poll has Hill beating McCain 49% to 42% McCain, yet Obama is only one point ahead. The only way Obama can win is if every kid in America votes for him. It comes down to the youth vote vs. those of us of a certain age who have the wisdom to vote for the best candidate at this point….SENATOR JOHN SYDNEY McCAIN
Posted by: Debra | August 22, 2008, 3:20 am 3:20 am
I wish he would choose Biden. Then we could enjoy hearing Obama’s supporters tell us how a hot-tempered old man who voted for the Iraq War and has been in Washington for 38 years is a good thing.
All the exact same reasons they’ve been telling us McCain is absolutely unacceptable to them. Obama’s supporters flipflop as much as their candidate does.
Posted by: marylou | August 22, 2008, 5:59 am 5:59 am
The media doesn’t know who the finalists are. Get over yourselves. My prediction, is the VP will be someone not mentioned by the media
Posted by: a reader in georgia | August 22, 2008, 7:37 am 7:37 am
No matter who he picks I will note vote for him.I am sick of all the hype about the choice. Obama is unqualified, unqualified, unqualified!
Posted by: BARBANEL | August 22, 2008, 7:39 am 7:39 am
Have you notice everything has to be a big show for Obama.
He is like a little boy playing games constantly.
He is like a bad soap opera getting worse.
He has bad judgment. He has no Patriotism, and does not know what it even means. evident by him refusing to visit our wounded heroes in Germany.
He is a speech and a scam artist.
Posted by: seah | August 22, 2008, 8:11 am 8:11 am
Biden all the way. To hell with the McNots!
Posted by: Petra | August 22, 2008, 8:11 am 8:11 am
After having watched “Obama Revealed” (CNN) it’s pretty clear Obama isn’t interested in anyone but Obama. Instead of voting Yea or Nay on anything controversial, he simply votes “present” …so he can stay on the good side of everyone and further his career. He waits two weeks to see where the polls stand on issues then goes with the majority. A very good politician and talker…and that’s it, zero on leadership. He’d make a good car salesman.
Posted by: rktsci3127 | August 22, 2008, 8:16 am 8:16 am
SEAH
As far as patritiosm i belive obama has a better voting record for our troops as far as judgement i belive bush and iraq are now agreeing with obamas timetable withdrawl of our troops in iraq and pretty much the military has agreed with obama saying more troops are needed in afghanistan that seems like pretty good judgement to me now stick with your rich out of touch old flip flopping i dont remember what i said what i voted for canidate!!!! obama will be president so deal with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUDGEMENT OVER EXPERIENCE and my friend mccain has BAD JUDGEMENT: MCCAIN CLAIMS WERE WINNING IN IRAQ WHAT HAPPENED 5 OR SO YEARS AGO WITH BUSH MISSION ACCOMPLISHED BUT YET MCCAIN WANTS TO STAY THERE OLE 100 YEARS IF NEEDED IT DOESNT MATTER HE SAYS WHEN OUR TROOPS COME HOME AS LONG AS THEIR NOT IN HARMS WAY WELL MCSTUPID ITS WAR YOU SHOULD KNOW THEIR IN HARMS WAY!!! MCCAIN SCOULDS RUSSIA AND SAYS IN THE 21ST CENTURY YOU DONT ATTACK A SOVERIN COUNTRY WELL MCSTUPID WHAT DID YOUR BUDY BUSH DO IN IRAQ IN THE 21ST CENTURY I WILL TAKE OBAMAS JUDGEMENT OVER MCCAINS 26 I AINT DONE NOTHING IN CONGRESS YEARS AND VOTED WITH BUSH 95 PERCENT OF TIME ANYDAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: angie | August 22, 2008, 8:35 am 8:35 am
People must realize that the Veepstakes are a media creation, not a candidate creation?
So Obama came up with a novel idea of texting his supporters. So what? He’s not at fault for making this into a spectacle.
People who say that they’d vote for McCain because Hillary didn’t win are missing the point. You’re voting presumably for the policies a person will enact, and Obama is closest to Hillary on those policies. She lost because she took too many Democrats for granted. That’s too bad for her supporters, but thankfully there’s a man who’s the nominee who agrees with her plenty.
Obama 2008@!
Posted by: roxjan | August 22, 2008, 10:07 am 10:07 am
NObama – The HYPE, SPECULATION and SENSATION CONTINUES !!
** Just like a HOLLYWOOD EXTRAVIGANZA (the Paris / Britney ad was RIGHT) **
Actually, NObama should WAIT to announce the VP until ALL of the CLINTON-related events at the CONVENTION are OVER next week
- and NObama has been offically NOMINATED !!
This will keep the HYPE Building and Building – and ensure that the Hillary supporters have STAYED in LINE, under the (possibly FALSE) HOPE that the Hillary will be chosen VP…
HOW DIABOLICAL – Please, not another WEEK of this !!
McCLAIN or Hillary in ’08
Posted by: CJB in CA | August 22, 2008, 10:09 am 10:09 am
Wow, I can’t believe he is really considering Biden. Are you people aware of how critical Biden was of Obama??
Posted by: JA | August 22, 2008, 11:29 am 11:29 am
He’s ready to announce, oops, he’s not ready to announce. Geez, this clown can’t make one single decision without causing a media frenzy.
Posted by: Emm | August 22, 2008, 11:36 am 11:36 am
Along with America’s best conservative, David Brooks, I’m hoping its Biden. Brooks today tells Biden life history, much I did not know, and Brooks, who was the honored mentee of William F. Buckley, wants it to be Biden. You all know David, he shows up on News Hour to represent the conservative (meaning do NOT share the wealth) viewpoint. Maureen Dowd flails Clinton McCain in her column today. Nasty but yet it’s a scenario many intuitions have offered.
Posted by: Gaias Child | August 22, 2008, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm
Biden has been the gopher boy for the K Street Feminists since Paul Wellstone bought the farm in 2002.
Biden got the outrageously anti-male and unconstitutional VAWA and IMBRA laws passed in 2005.
I disliked McCain and wanted Obama to whip his butt until now. If Biden is chosen, I become a McCain supporter.
In a way, it would be good if Biden is chosen because he is tough on foreign policy…which means the Republicans will finally have to own up to the fact that being macho about dealing with foreigners has got nothing to do with what it means to be a conservative. Liberas can be tough foreign policy types.
Posted by: Jack Sanderson | August 22, 2008, 9:10 pm 9:10 pm
Dear All my Brother and all my Sister
with all my respect I ready say Mr: Joe Biden .. Focus just last minute who will know who win who our.
Now I am promise all my country will see
how Fix credit card how Enconimic how small Business
how public local to local bring strong market I will bring issue to Mr: Joe Biden He ready know how much I am
Who bring who Focus bring Issue
when I focus who Vice president no make mistake..
Learn and how Focus we must fix before Issue come in
Posted by: Mua V Nguyen | August 23, 2008, 2:18 am 2:18 am
I agree with the statement above about how the GOP will use Biden’s words that he spoke about Obama;;
Biden, saying Obama wasn’t ready to be President and the job is “not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.”
For all the change that Obama promised to bring to politics in Washington, how’s Obama going to explain driving up with Joe Biden in his father’s Oldsmobile?
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Posted by: MM | August 23, 2008, 3:12 am 3:12 am