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Barack Obama announced his vice presidential running mate, Joe Biden, in Springfield, IL on August 23, 2008.
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Obama Announces Senator Joe Biden as His VP (Video)
Shakesville —
Senator Obama announces Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. I corrected the transcript at the end. Transcript Below: Following is the prepared text of Sen. Barack Obama's speech Saturday in Springfield, Ill., in which he introduced Sen. Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate. Nineteen months ago, on a cold February day right here on the steps of the Old State Capitol, I stood before you to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America. We started this journey with a simple belief: that the American ...
The Statesman
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings "This is no ordinary time. This is no ordinary election. And this may be our last chance to reclaim the America we love, to restore America's soul." -- Joe Biden ********** I was too busy yesterday to offer my initial thoughts on the Biden pick, but the co-bloggers put up some characteristically excellent posts -- I encourage you to check them out: Carl: The dude-a-Biden (mildly positive from a Hillary ...
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Obama Selects Joseph Biden As His Running Mate
thinkprogress.org 8/23/2008 — CNN’s John King is reporting that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has selected Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) as his running mate. King said the Obama campaign will officially reveal the selection in a text message to over three million people soon. Obama ...
Obama-Biden 2008
corner.nationalreview.com 8/24/2008 — I have now watched and read Senator Biden's speech in Springfield earlier today. From the perspective of the craft of speechwriting, it was quite a thing to behold.
In a speech of just over 16 minutes, Biden used, by my count, the phrase 'ladies and ...
Biden Announces "The Next POTUS, 'Barack America!'"
newsbusters.org 8/24/2008 — I'm starting to wonder if Barack Obama and Joe Biden drank a little champagne to celebrate their partnership before speaking to the crowd Saturday in Springfield, Illinois. First, Obama introduced his running mate as " The next president ." ...
Joe Biden, D-Amtrak
voices.washingtonpost.com 8/24/2008 — By Perry Bacon, Jr. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Have you heard Joe Biden takes the Amtrak train home every night from Washington, D.C., to Wilmington? If not, you will soon, over and over again. With his long experience on foreign policy issues, Biden helps ...
A sign of ego clashes to come?
hotair.com 8/25/2008 — Doug Ross at Director Blue points out a curiosity from yesterday’s joint appearance by Barack Obama and Joe Biden in Springfield, Illinois yesterday, and not just the fumbled announcement or Biden calling his running mate “Barack ...
Obama Camp Will Send Text Tomorrow Morning
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 8/23/2008 — According to a campaign official, the plan is to send out the text message a few hours before Obama's 12pm CT event in Springfield. Most everyone in the national press corps think that it's Joe Biden. But no one knows, and no one is willing to ...
Adversity and Reckoning
feedproxy.google.com 8/26/2008 — The Springfield prologue to the Obama-Biden show has the beat. I hear a particular note, a leitmotif. Obama: "overcome the adversity of the last eight years." Biden: "The next president of the United States is going to be delivered into [the ...
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