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April 28, 2008
Posted: 05:05 PM ET
From CNN Political Producer Chris Welch WILMINGTON, North Carolina (CNN) – It's official: Barack Obama has offered the vice presidency to an 82-year-old woman. At a town hall meeting in Wilmington, North Carolina, Monday supporter Jean Weiss stood up to ask a question and began by telling the Illinois senator that he's "captured her heart" with his foreign policy stands. "When you said 'yes I will sit down with all my enemies, we're gonna sit around the table, we're gonna work this thing out,'" Weiss said, "sir, that was not naiveté—that was wisdom." She then moved on to a question about water supply. "Before I answer the question," Obama said, "I just want to know–will you be my running mate?" The crowd erupted in applause, and Weiss ran up to the stage and gave him a hug. "That’s my running mate there," Obama said as she trotted back to her seat, her arms in the air. "She is 82 years old. She's got some fire!" Weiss wasn't done, though, until she offered some advice on how to handle his rival Hillary Clinton. "Don't hit on Hillary," she said. "Bring us all back. Let her do that stuff. Leave her alone, you don't need to do that. You are higher than that. Bring us up higher than that." Filed under: Barack Obama |
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