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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 8/22/2008
After Springfield
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Per the campaign: Obama's in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Sunday, the Quad Cities area in Iowa on Monday,  Kansas City, Missouri on Tuesday, Billings, Montana next Wednesday. No Indianapolis.... Meanwhile, the RNC and McCain campaign announced plans to bracket the Democratic National Convention. They're sending Rudy Giuliani, Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney to Denver and calling the ...

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Crooked Timber — ... Obama’s VP Candidate will be, presumably, announced today. On political grounds I’d prefer the candidate to be Kathleen Sebelius, but on historical grounds I sort of hope it will be Brian Schweitzer. Since Obama is finishing his pre-convention tour in Montana, it might be too. Here’s why I’d prefer it on historical grounds. ...

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