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Buying a ticket for the VP sweepstakes

For several weeks, I have marveled at the daily media speculation over the running mates of Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain. Why waste so much time and manpower on a guessing game that would become news eventually anyway? Particularly, when the guessing game so often turns out wrong?

Juan Antonio Giner tracks the speculation and false reports, with Drudge reporting Obama-Bayh, the Wall Street Journal reporting that it's Tim Kaine, Warren Buffett picking Sam Nunn, and the Chicago Tribune and David Brooks getting it right.

As a bonus, he includes a front page for Hillary lovers.

Until yesterday, all the speculation was a non-story. So why spend all that energy chasing it?

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Holden said:


I was pulling for Phony Baloney John Edwards

Diane said:

I think the point was to get all those text addressess. They can use those to send messages during the rest of the campaign and especially the day before and the day of the election to remind everyone to vote.

lisa kennedy said:

You know David Crawford from Greensboro NC runs one of the 2 Obama office in Greensboro. Thay also have a week to week open at the office. the club if free to join and there is no charge to come.it is each monday night at 7pm, last week over 23 people was there, the address is 5601 Roanne way - office 310 in greensboro.

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