nytimes.com - 8/23/2008
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Aides to Senator John McCain has a statement and an advertisement ready minutes after Barack Obama announced his running mate. >
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Campaign Spokespersons on Biden Selection
Shakesville —
... The third video is a What Does Biden Bring To The Campaign segment that aired by Bill Schneider. It is a basic hodgepodge of foreign policy expertise and controversial statements by the Senator. John McCain also called to congratulate Senator Biden before he made his ...
The Sunday Word: Denver Welcomes the Dems
The Caucus —
... last week that he had chosen Mr. Biden. But people involved in the process said it was not just foreign policy that tilted the balance. They said Mr. Obama’s decision had as much to do with Mr. Biden’s appeal among white working-class voters and compelling personal story, and his conclusion that the Delaware senator was “a worker.” For more on Mr. Biden, the Times’s Patrick Healy and Michael Luo put his career in the Senate under the microscope and Michael Gordon focuses on his foreign policy credentials .
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McCain calls Biden —
CNN Political Ticker 8/23/2008
(CNN) – John McCain has called Joe Biden to congratulate him on being named Barack Obama's running mate, two GOP sources tell CNN's John King.
VP Ball Now in McCain’s Court —
FOXNews.com 8/23/2008
Barack Obama finally let the cat out of the bag Saturday in announcing Joe Biden as his vice-presidential pick for the Democratic ticket — which now turns the focus of speculation back on John McCain and whom he will choose as a running mate.
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Analysis: Biden gives Obama old-school cred —
CNN Political Ticker 8/23/2008
Sen. Joe Biden's political experience spans 36 years.
(CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama's choice of Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate raises the question of whether Obama can carry off his message of change with a seasoned Washington politician ...
McCain camp seizes on Obama slip-up —
CNN Political Ticker 8/23/2008
(CNN) – Barack Obama accidentally introduced his running mate Joe Biden as the next president of the United States Saturday, a slip-of-the-tongue the McCain campaign is calling "Freudian."
“Barack Obama sounded as though he turned over the top ...