Fineman: Biden the clear frontrunner for Veep - Barack Obama, White House '08

Joe Biden Obama's VP-pick: 'Bet my life'
The Swamp — ... "Within the last few hours I've spoken with two of the finalists for the role of Barack Obama's running-mate, and to two other sources who are close to the process,'' Fineman reports at MSNBC. ...

Fineman: Biden Or Bust
Hotline On Call Part Deux — ... Newsweek's Howard Fineman writes this morning that he's spoken with two of Barack Obama's veep finalists and two individuals close to the process and that barring "a big surprise or last-minute change of heart," DE Sen. Joe Biden will be the Dem's running mate. ...

“Change” you can laugh out loud at
Cold Fury — Mr Hopeychangey Hopenchange looks like picking… perennial Washington insider Joe Biden ? ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Within the last few hours I’ve spoken with two of the finalists for the role of Barack Obama’s running-mate, and to two other sources who are close to the process. My bottom line is this: Barring a big surprise or last-minute change of heart, the choice is likely to be Sen. Joe Biden of Deleware, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Now watch the Fighty-fight-fightin’ Nutroots line up to laud this 65 year old, four-decade career hack as some sort of harbinger of ...

A Few More Veep Rumors
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... Howard Fineman: "Within the last few hours I've spoken with two of the finalists for the role of Barack Obama's running-mate, and to two other sources who are close to the process. My bottom line is this: Barring a big surprise or last-minute change of heart, the choice is likely to be Sen. Joe Biden of Deleware, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee." ...

8/19: Veep Fever
Blogometer — August 19, 2008 8/19: Veep Fever Like the rest of the political world, the blogosphere is preoccupied with VP rumors today. Now that journalists are reporting that Joe Biden sits at or near the top of Barack Obama 's short list, liberal bloggers are discussing the DE senator. Most liberal bloggers appear ...

Biden
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VP Speculation: Obama-Biden Ticket The Insider Favorite
(Obsolete Feed) — Folks are thinking that Obama needs to add someone with, you know, actual experience to the ticket: Within the last few hours I’ve spoken with two of the finalists for the role of Barack Obama’s running-mate, and to two other sources who are close to the process. My bottom line is this: Barring a big surprise or last-minute change of heart, the choice is likely to be Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He is a lively and feisty if unpredictable campaigner with working-class roots and a ...

Most Bizarre Sentence of the Day
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] From the Fineman piece on Biden: Biden has largely escaped any hint of scandal, personal or political, in a long career, even though he was forced to withdraw from the Democratic race in 1988 amid charges of plagiarism. ...

Obama and Veep Pick to Appear in IL.. Saturday
TalkLeft — ... More and more pundits are predicting Joe Biden. I think Obama would be smarter to pick Biden for Secretary of State than Vice President. Biden is the antithesis of change in Washington. Talk about getting sold a bill of goods. ...

Joe Biden Bags Veep Spot
BlondeSense — ... Biden is the clear frontrunner veep! Read more here . Oh, that Axelrod sure knows how to stuff the hoop in the last three minutes of the game, and running Joe Biden on the ticket as Obama’s veep is one hell of a way to herd the blue haired Hillary ladies all back in the program! What is Biden’s certain je ne sais quoi? We don’t know, but the real question is: Who would you rather have a tumbler of Courvoisier with? Imagine what Joe Biden --had he have been the frontrunner --- could have done to connect with all those popular voters in places like Ohio and Florida and ...

Obama/McCain Veepstakes, continued
Sister Toldjah — ... —– MSNBC’s Howard Fineman reports that Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) is the “clear frontrunner” in the Obama veepstakes. CNN is on the ...

Biden
The Moderate Voice — ... If Barack Obama was not already inclined toward him as a running mate, John McCain and Vladimir Putin in the past week should have helped make up his mind to choose Joe Biden. ...

Bidenmania
The Stump — Newsweek's Fineman: I've recently spoken with two of the finalists for the role of Barack Obama's running-mate, and to two other sources who are close to the process. My bottom line is this: Barring a big surprise or last-minute change of heart, the choice is likely to be Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. As a counterweight, this comes from a Democratic insider who has watched Biden for years and doesn't think it'll be him: obama does not believe he ...

Peter Hirshberg: Separated at Birth?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Did Joe Biden know exactly whose glasses he was pulling from history? Who told him about that facial expression? I duuno. But it seems like a very timely and evocative shot to show up hours before Obama has to pick his running mate. And make the single biggest brand development decision of the campaign. ...

VP Rumor Roundup
Stop The ACLU — ... this talk also reignited the rumor it could be Rudy. That would be a nightmare! Others say the whole pro-choice polling is a head fake. FOX says he got the message that a pro-choice VP wouldn’t be so bright. If so, Tim Pawlenty has never looked better. Then there is some wishful thinking that it could be Sarah Palin. I’ll keep my fingers crossed, but won’t get my hopes up. Or…who is Meg Whitman? Meanwhile, in the Obama camp Biden is getting a lot of buzz. However, Biden says he isn’t the guy! For what its ...

Veepstakes: Biden denial
The Reaction — ... According to MSNBC's Howard Fineman, Biden is "likely" to be Obama's running mate. "Biden makes the most sense," claims one source, and I think that's true. Opines Fineman: "[Biden] is a lively and feisty if unpredictable campaigner with working-class roots and a street-level feel for the hot spots of the globe -- which he can use to go toe-to-toe with Sen. John McCain." ...

Veep Madness
The Democratic Daily — Everyone is buzzing about Obama’s pending announcement… Who will it be? Biden the clear frontrunner for Veep Biden on Obama’s VP Pick: ‘I’m Not The Guy’ Your VP, Senator. What Will “He” Be Like? Speculation… Barack Obama chooses Kathleen Sebelius for Vice President Nader predicts Obama to pick Clinton “Caroline: Pull a Cheney!” An Open Letter to Caroline Kennedy (head of the Obama VP search team) from Michael Moore ...

And Obama's VP Is . . .
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... agree that Joe Biden is the 'clear front-runner.' Somehow that seems appropriate. Biden is the man who led the committee of 14 white men who skewered Anita Hill in the Clarence Thomas hearings. The 14 men attacked Anita Hill with every sexist stereotype in the book to determine if she was moral enough to bring down a brother. ...

Is it going to be Biden?
Betsy's Page — Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Is it going to be Biden? The speculation on vice presidential choices reached a fever pitch yesterday as Howard Fineman went out on a limb in speculating that it would be Biden according to his sources. And then Biden faked reporters out by first telling them "I'm not the guy." Analysts on TV gnawed over that for much of the evening, but then, oh the excitement!, ...

Obama's Veep Timing
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — I'd still keep checking your email for the official announcement, but Howard Fineman has this: "One of the contenders also revealed a tidbit about timing. That person says Obama's camp wants to know how to get in touch on Thursday afternoon." ...