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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 8/23/2008
Joe Biden got the call Thursday night (and never spilled the beans)
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DENVER -- Barack Obama's actual VP offer to Joe Biden came in a telephone call Thursday night, according to Linda Douglas , the former newswoman-turned-campaign-aide for the (almost) official Democratic presidential nominee. Douglas, chatting with reporters on Obama’s campaign plane shortly before its arrival in Springfield, Ill., for the big photo-op pairing of the new ticket -- ...

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Sister Toldjah:  Oops: Obama accidentally introduces Biden as “the next president”

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Oops: Obama accidentally introduces Biden as “the next president”
Sister Toldjah — ... The LA Times Top of the Ticket blog reports that Biden got the call on being selected Obama’s veep running mate Thursday night. And he was able to keep his mouth shut a full 24 hours about it? ...

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