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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Hillary gets stiffed — There's one Democrat who would seem to have little or no chance of being picked by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to be his running mate - his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). — But it's not for the reason you think.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Obama is hours away from naming running mate — WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential candidate Barack Obama is hours away from naming his running mate, as little-known Texas congressman Chet Edwards is emerging as a finalist. — Democratic officials say that Edwards was one of the few Democrats whose background …
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CNN:
Source: Obama calling also-rans on VP shortlist — (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama called some people on his shortlist for the vice presidential slot Thursday night to tell them he had not selected them as a running mate, a highly placed Democratic Party source said. — The source did not say which people got the call.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Text hoaxes plague Obama VP plan — CHESAPEAKE, Va. - By the time Barack Obama is ready to announce his vice presidential pick, will anyone believe him? — In recent days, as speculation and anticipation has mounted, so too have phony text messages declaring Obama's supposed running mate …
Damien Cave / New York Times:
At Rally, Finding Clinton's Aid to Obama Too Tepid — BOCA RATON, Fla. — Minutes after pushing through the rope line to thank Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for “all that you do,” Robin Shaffer said she was worried. She feared that the senator she respected and admired for being tough …
The Politico:
Exclusive: Obama's lost law review article — As president of the Harvard Law Review and a law professor in Chicago, Senator Barack Obama refined his legal thinking, but left a scant paper trail. His name doesn't appear on any legal scholarship. — But an unsigned — and previously unattributed …
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
OBAMA'S CASE NOTE: I just read the piece, and it is as calm and fairly uncontroversial as most people say. — Pretending for a moment that we actually care about the article as an article, my one suggestion would have been to pay a bit more attention to the risk of collusive lawsuits …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
MCCAIN'S PROPERTIES. — Given the various numbers floating about, it might be useful to have a clear description of what we know McCain owns. This is trickier than it looks: The McCains have a variety of limited liability companies and family trusts (just like normal people!) …
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Joe Stephens / Washington Post:
Obama Camp Has Many Ties to Wife's Employer — A few years ago, executives at the prestigious University of Chicago Medical Center were concerned that an increasing number of patients were arriving at their emergency room with what the executives considered to be non-urgent complaints.
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Marc Ambinder:
Veepstakes Tidings — CNN first reported, and I can confirm, that Barack Obama has begun calling some folks who were vetted but who didn't quite make it. — Maybe these aren't the short-listers. Maybe these are the long-listers. — In any event, Hillary Clinton has NOT been called.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney veep speculation swirls — Mark Halperin set off tremors in the political world last night by reporting via two Republicans that John McCain had settled on Mitt Romney to be his running mate. — Top sources in McCainworld, though, say this morning that no final decision has been made.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama: ‘Out of Touch’ — Obama's now moving quickly and harshly to define McCain with one of the classic political caricatures, that he's “out of touch.” — And he's using what has to be the worst visual of the cycle to do it: McCain in George H.W. Bush's golf cart.
Jeff Schreiber / America's Right:
Obama Sued in Philadelphia Federal Court on Grounds he is Constitutionally Ineligible for the Presidency — A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama …
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August J. Pollak / Some Guy With a Website:
I'm sorry. — Obama Names Musician Rick Astley as Running Mate — Self-proclaimed “greatest prank evar” required 18 months, $390 million in prep work — Springfield, IL - August 23, 2008 - In front of a cheering crowd as well as in a text message to over three million anxious supporters …
Bart Jansen / CQ Politics:
Ensign Fumes Over Failed GOP Fundraising Effort — The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee said Friday colleagues have not heeded his calls for contributions to contested races, threatening advertising on behalf of GOP candidates. — “It has become clear that my call …
Michelle Malkin:
Inside the Democrat convention hall: Image, image, image — I snapped a few photos this morning while doing Fox and Friends from the Democrat convention floor at Pepsi Center. The centerpiece is this behemoth, Hollyweird-esque podium display with a bank of 8,000 square feet of video screens and three huge, high-def plasma TV screens.
David M. Brown / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Obama to amend report on $800,000 in spending — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for services the Democrat's campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports.
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Hoyer Advocates for a Four-Day Work Week — Like long weekends? — House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) is pushing a work week of four, 10-hour days for federal employees. — In a letter, released this week, to the Office of Personnel Management, he asked the agency to …