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The Schedule Suggests it Brian Schweitzer
The Obama camp just announced Obama's schedule for next week. He's not going to be in Denver for most of the convention. Instead he will be campaigning in the following cities.Springfield, IL - Sat; Eau Claire, WS - Sun; Quad...more »
Posted on August 21, 2008 4:01 PM
From Springfield to Indianapolis
The announcement that Obama has a big event planned in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Saturday afternoon, directly after he has introduced his VP in Springfield, Illinois, can only mean on thing: Indianapolis born Mark Warner, former Governor of Virginia is the...more »
Posted on August 20, 2008 3:28 PM
Forget the Polls. These are all the numbers we need right here.
Finally. An attempt to analyze the race using registration numbers. Thank you, Jennifer Steinhauer. The attached graphic looks at 7 States with the most substantial increases in Democratic registration. It notes that 29 states register voters with party affiliations and...more »
Posted on August 5, 2008 8:39 AM
An Improper Ticket?
An Improper Ticket?Has anyone else noticed the preponderance of potential Obama VP candidates with four-lettered last names?Could Obama and his team be ever so slightly influenced by how the ticket stacks up, subconsciously desiring a top-heavy ticket (or at the...more »
Posted on July 25, 2008 12:41 PM
An Improper Ticket?
An Improper Ticket?Has anyone else noticed the preponderance of potential Obama VP candidates with four-lettered last names?Could Obama and his team be ever so slightly influenced by how the ticket stacks up, subconsciously desiring a top-heavy ticket (or at the...more »
Posted on July 25, 2008 12:40 PM
Massive Afghan Attack. US Base Sacked. Dozens of GIs Dead. "Good for Obama"
The recent Jesse Jackson business got highly annoying with the punditry proclaiming it was good for Obama.Will those same pundits now proclaim that today's "Massive Attack" as described by the wires in which a US Base was sacked and as...more »
Posted on July 13, 2008 1:25 PM
Nunn's Annual August Scottish Golf Holiday in Doubt
I still like to believe Mark Warner is on ice for Obama.http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/news/stories/2008/07/12/nunn_0713.htmlBut Sunday's Atlanta Journal Constitution thinks otherwise, and has a relatively extensive piece on Sam Nunn, Barack Obama's VP.I also believe Jimmy Carter advanced Nunn for the position recently.It...more »
Posted on July 12, 2008 7:19 PM
Mark Warner VP Speculation Continues...
Yesterday's Washington Post interview with Mark Warner has revived the Obama-Warner ticket speculation.http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/07/mark_warners_blueprint_to_win.htmlThe interview reinforces the compatibility of Warner to Obama. And it also shows Warner's suitability to be President.The only catch: Warner's children. Apparently, they are not keen on...more »
Posted on July 9, 2008 9:18 AM
Obama's VP: Out of Sight, Out of Mind and Outrageously Obvious
OBAMA’s VP: OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND AND OUTRAGEOUSLY OBVIOUSI contend Barack Obama knew his Vice President the moment he announced his candidacy for Presidency. Unlike recent nominees, Obama has no need for gambits and is not concerned about...more »
Posted on May 30, 2008 9:10 AM
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I think this has less to do with milking the news cycle than the damage the Hilliary mob could do given the time.
Posted at August 21, 2008 6:17 PM in response to The Schedule Suggests it Brian Schweitzer
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Obama has announced a VP tour. This tour concludes in Billings, Montana, the day VP is supposed to speak in Denver.
Why could that be? Barack Obama fancies getting a few beers in with Jon Tester?
Brain Who? Folks will get to know Brain when he is beamed in live to Sunday shows from the campaign in Wisconsin on Sunday morning.
And what will folks be talking about at the Convention on Monday night? Barack and Brian campaigning in Iowa.
And on Tuesday night, as the convention is warming up, the media will also be focussed on Kansas City, Missouri.
And by Wednesday night, after a huge hometown send off, folks will know who Brain Who is?
Posted at August 21, 2008 5:51 PM in response to The Schedule Suggests it Brian Schweitzer
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Interesting response here so far.
When I first posted the reasons I believed Warner was the right choice, there was almost unanimous praise for the possibility. Folks felt it.
I hope the same enthusiasm exhibited here so far continues with Schweitzer.
With Bayh, with Biden, with Kaine, with Sebelius, there was no consensus, some were pleased, others highly annoyed, and many some nonplused. Schweitzer can be worked into the Obama narrative in a way those characters could never be.
There is no other reason to explain why Obama would end up in Billings, Montana, the day his VP is going to speak at the convention. The SMS must be a matter of minutes away now that TPM has broke the news!
And btw how can McCain trump this? Obama and his partner riding through American Big Country -- and all this time McCain thought it was his own back yard.
Posted at August 21, 2008 5:32 PM in response to The Schedule Suggests it Brian Schweitzer
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Bayh, Biden and Kaine are probably smokescreens. And thank Christ.
Bayh is a muppet. Biden is a blert. And Kaine used to hang out in Central American back in the day when he had a beard.
I trust Obama to choose a VP that will reinforce and complement him. I believe that is Mark Warner. If not, I trust Obama to choose someone almost as qualified and just as competent.
Posted at August 21, 2008 11:43 AM in response to Memo to Netroots: Stop Tearing Down Obama's VP List
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Yes, Obama could pick Warner.
I outlined why I believed he would some months back.
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/05/obamas-vp-out-of-sight-out-of.php
There have been numerous hints since (most of which I kicked around here), but no announcement.
I suspect the Monster Mob has something to do with this. Did they send a horse's head to Warner? An incumbent Warner would end Hilliary's chance to ever be President.
Posted at August 21, 2008 9:04 AM in response to Democratic VP: Kaine... or Warner?!
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I wouldn't worry too much.
Folks will get it when Obama introduces his "out of sight, out of mind and outrageously obvious" VP in Springfield on Saturday afternoon.
Posted at August 20, 2008 11:27 AM in response to Poll: McCain Takes National Lead; Even Besting Obama On The Economy
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Biden has improved his chances of being Secretary of State, that's all. He can take trips and yap with forners abroad.
Obama has to turn the country around. A character like Biden can't execute such an undertaking.
Agreed. Haperin and co. don't get it. They's just running their mouths.
Posted at August 19, 2008 10:02 AM in response to Developing: Biden is the pick!!!
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Not surprised. For me, McCain handled this Georgia-Russian business much better than Obama.
Obama got distracted with his schedule last Friday. If he was too busy with VP meetings or dealing with Denver details, he should have had Lake or Nunn or some serious heavy character out front on this. He did not. Instead, we got some feeble nonsense about a lobbyist. Then the weekend was allowed to pass with only Bill Richardson mumbling and clearly not briefed.
Eventually Obama stiffened up, but by then he lost the opportunity to show himself as Presidential. McCain grabbed the opportunity. (Indeed, it was even an opportunity to lay some serious digs at Bush. An Obama 30 Second spot showing Bush making jolly with Putin in Beijing while Russian tank rolled with a voiceover making Obama's case could have been useful.)
Meanwhile liberal bloggers dissected the crisis, and what they had say, I largely agreed with, but such analysis would never reach most voters. The voters want toughness at a time like that. McCain offered it.
Posted at August 19, 2008 9:25 AM in response to Poll: Obama's National Lead Shrinks; McCain Leads On Russia
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Oh please no.
Posted at August 19, 2008 8:43 AM in response to Developing: Biden is the pick!!!
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Powell? I HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THAT MAN.
If Obama is going to take the General route, it would have to be an ass cracking no nonsense ethnic cat like General Anthony Zinni.
The management of the home front requires the technique of a candidate who can also operate on the Global front. That's Mark Warner.
Posted at August 18, 2008 3:24 PM in response to VP DECISION HAS BEEN MADE: Not Bayh, Not Daschle, Not Clark
