| 5:37 PM: | Mississippi Presidential Election. The Republican leads 84% to 13% among white voters, while African-Americans favor the Democrat by a 97% to 2% margin. Rasmussen. | |
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| 4:30 PM: | Joe Biden steps up for Obama. The energized vice-presidential candidate uses Saturday's rally to chain John McCain to George W. Bush and propel the Democratic ticket toward the convention. Salon. | |
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| 4:29 PM: | Obama campaign says Web response to pick of Biden has been strong. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign says it has a couple figures that point to a strong, positive response from supporters to the news that he chose Sen. Joseph Biden to be his running mate. USA Today. | |
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| 4:27 PM: | Biden got Obama call during root canal. Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while undergoing a root canal. AP. | |
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| 2:22 PM: | McCain and Biden are both rivals and friends. Longtime political rivals but personal friends, John McCain and Joe Biden are reprising those roles that they have mastered. USA Today. | |
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| 2:09 PM: | Best-laid plans: Media beat Obama to the punch. Sen. Barack Obama's pledge to supporters that they would be the "first to know" his running mate turned out to be a brilliant but unworkable communications strategy. AP. | |
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| 2:07 PM: | Obama must use convention to regain momentum. Democrats open their four-day convention Monday with political winds at their back, but with a nagging, all-important question before them. AP. | |
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| 2:04 PM: | Observations from today's Obama/Biden event. After watching the unveiling of the ticket, it's clear Obama hired Biden to accomplish three things: 1) Connect the ticket with blue-collar voters. Notice, Biden led his remarks with the economy. 2) Sell Obama's story. Biden owned Obama's biography in a way we've yet to see from the candidate himself. 3) Credibly attack John McCain. Biden didn't mince words about his old "friend". MSNBC. | |
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| 2:03 PM: | Six things the Biden pick says about Obama. In the most important decision of his public career, Obama revealed important clues about his own instincts and his theory of the case for the general election. Politico. | |
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| 11:35 AM: | Biden has never lived in DC; he commutes home every night. Senator Biden has never lived in DC; he began commuting home to Delaware every night back in 1972 when his first wife and infant daughter were killed in a car accident. Since mommy never came home for his two young boys, he said, daddy had to come home every night. MyDD. | |
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| 11:08 AM: | Obama leads McCain in hunt for 270 electoral votes. Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in the state-by-state battle for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, flirting with the magic number ahead of their back-to-back nominating conventions. AP. | |
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| 10:11 AM: | Gallup Daily: Election Remains a Statistical Dead Heat. Gallup's last daily tracking update on the election conducted entirely before the announcement of Sen. Joe Biden to be Barack Obama's running mate finds the race nearly tied, with Obama favored by 46% of registered voters and John McCain by 44%. Gallup. | |
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| 9:50 AM: | Biden pick shows lack of confidence. In picking Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, Barack Obama sought to shore up his weakness - inexperience in office and on foreign policy - rather than underscore his strength as a new-generation candidate defying political conventions.
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| 9:48 AM: | Biden was told Thursday. Joe Biden has a reputation of liking to talk, but it appears he can keep a secret. Obama spokesman Bill Burton told CNN the Delaware Democrat was told Thursday he would be the Democratic VP choice. "He's a discreet man, we are proud to have in on the team," Burton said. CNN. | |
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| 9:46 AM: | In the Field: Random Access. CNN's Cal Perry reports: "While waiting for my flight to board, I sat in the business lounge enjoying a relaxing drink; finally, an opportunity to simply listen to my iPod and clear my head. All of a sudden I look up - and walking towards me is Joseph Biden, the Democratic senator from Delaware." CNN. | |
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| 9:44 AM: | Reaction in Scranton to Biden News. A place that supported Hillary Rodham Clinton during the primaries celebrates the news that another hometown kid is now on the ticket. NYT. | |
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| 9:33 AM: | Bayh: 'It Was an Honor to Be Considered' Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh (D) was quick Saturday to take news of his non-selection as Barack Obama's running mate with a smile, issuing a statement saluting Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) instead. The Hill. | |
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| 9:19 AM: | McCain calls Biden. John McCain has called Joe Biden to congratulate him on being named Barack Obama's running mate, two GOP sources tell CNN. CNN. | |
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| 9:06 AM: | Other Dem VP prospects weigh in. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, both believed to be considered for the Democratic VP position, are praising Obama's choice of Joe Biden. "I'm delighted Senator Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate," Sebelius said in a statement. CNN. | |
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| 9:04 AM: | Analysis: What Biden's Pick Means. Even though the selection of Biden is less than twelve hours old, the handicapping of the pick is already hot and heavy. Washington Post. | |
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| 9:02 AM: | VP choice Biden unpopular in Iraq for autonomy plan. Senator Joe Biden may be one of the only U.S. politicians that can get Iraq's feuding Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish politicians to agree. But not in a good way. Reuters. | |
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| 9:02 AM: | GOP's Hagel, Lugar Praise Obama's Biden Pick. Both release morning statements on Obama's No. 2 selection. Hagel: "Joe Biden is the right partner for Barack Obama. An Obama-Biden ticket is a very impressive and strong team." Lugar: "I congratulate Senator Barack Obama on his selection of my friend, Senator Joe Biden, to be his vice-presidential running mate." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 9:01 AM: | How Will McCain Respond? Okay, while others are digesting the Biden pick, let's skip ahead to the next question: how does John McCain respond? While Biden is a solid pick for Obama, he is not a game changer. Time. | |
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| 8:57 AM: | Poll: Biden Who? Although he's run for president twice and has served in the Senate since 1972, Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden is still a relative unknown, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll released today. Time. | |
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