news.yahoo.com - 8/21/2008
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AP - Sen. Joe Biden has emerged as the favorite among Democrats to be Barack Obama's running mate for his understanding of foreign policy in grave global times and his fighting spirit against the rival Republican ticket.
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Obama says he's decided on a running mate
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... president and would help him strengthen the economy. ADVERTISEMENT He wouldn't say whether he's informed his pick yet. He says he won't reveal anything else about the decision until he announces it. Obama is planning to do so in a text message to supporters sometime before Saturday afternoon, when he's scheduled to appear with his pick in Illinois. Asked by an Associated Press reporter when the text would be sent, Obama just grinned and said, "Wouldn't you like to know?" Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_el_pr/veepsta... ;_ylt=AsOkaGYw_M.ZYX2cpL95zwqWwvIE
Not all Obama supporters are happy with the way the rollout went
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... who represent many of Obama’s most fervent prospective voters (although the nah-nah-nah-nah-nah quality of Obama’s press-taunting “Wouldn’t you like to know?” wasn’t designed to make the MSM love him more). ...
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