If Obama has to win he has to pick either one of the following 3:

1st choice : Hillary (ignore Bill)
2nd choice: Wesley Clark (will make McCain look small)
3rd choice: Biden

Bayh, Kaine or Sebelius does not do it for him

Dear Tim, Seattle:
The reason PUMA lives, and you can't understand why we are against Obama when he and Hillary have the same stands, is because he is a inexperienced boob who has only 3-4 years in the senate. That is all. HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE AND IS EGOTISTICAL WITH THAT!! Hillary was run out by the DNC because they wanted a young, "ego man". Now, does that explain it?

What difference does it make who the VP is, won't change the fact tha Obama is not experienced enough to lead our country…and if he has to have people around him to pick up his slack that just makes it worse. He needs to go back to his dirty Chicago politics and get some more skills. There is NO suitable candidate running now…this country will have to dig itself out of the muck and mire after these upcoming four years. I can't imagine how such powerful political parties couldn't even come up with viable candidates and leave us with McCain and Obama…seriously frightening.

What about the suggestion from Michael Moore, that Obama select Caroline Kennedy as his running mate. She has great name recognition and would come as someone from outside the system. Maybe the media should give some attention to this as a possibility.

You hilliary supporters are selfish, and aren't Americans… A REAL AMERICAN will embrace something new. American is not a DYNASTY….. so lets please get over yourselves and think about the next generation………. and THE NEXT GENERATION IS WHO WE SHOULD BE FACTORING IN ..IN OUR DECISION FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT

VA TURN BLUE 2008

CNN POST THIS!!

Chuck Hagel should be the VP. Obama could show us that he is really different and will put the people first by crossing party line for his VP.

Obama/Hagel

Don't know if the President will be Obama or McSame, but… thank God it won't be Hillary!

A.J. - I will second the vote for Madeline for VP.

WOW WHO SAYS CNN IS A BUNCH OF LIBERALS. YOU GUYS ON HERE ARE REALY PROVEING THEM WRONG. IM JOKEING OF COURSE. WOW OBAMA HAS REALY BLOWN IT AS OF LATE I WOULD SAY ITS LIKE JOHN KERRY BLOWING IT BUT THATS RIGHT KERRY WAS DOING MUCH BETTER THEN OBAMA IT WOULD BE SO GREAT IF OBAMA PICKS THE MAN WHO SINGLE HANDEDLY CAUSED THE BIGGEST BANK COLLAPSE IN RECENT MEMORY. IT WILL FINISH THE OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT STUFF RIGHT THERE. TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLLS THEN RTAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR YOU SAD,SAD, LIBERALS

"Worthless PUMA"…

Good way to win over support for Obama… NOT!

I think Obama is a genuine and decent person but I don't think he can be a President because he lives in a dream world . I think the world is too far gone for someone like him to fix. We need someone who knows how to play the game and deal with the threats from other countries (they are not nice like Obama) it is a hard core world and experience and knowledge does count. He just doesn't have it. Too bad but it is the truth.

I laugh when people say they are sick of the Clintons, these people must have not purchased or sold a home during the Clinton era with amazing returns on investments, or enjoyed a robust economy with no national debt. McCain looked more presidential on the CNN profiles last night. It was men flying navy jets vs. boys playing basketball. I am suprised the CNN obama network would shine the light so favorably on McCain. War Hero vs. a troubled youth who used drugs. Left me stunned quite actually. I am sure Obama's college youth base was not tuned in.

You know I've always wondered, if HRC had won the nomination if her supporters would appreciate Obama supporters basically forcing him down her throats. Or IF they'd allow her to make her own decision and SUPPORT her regardless. Because I know my support wouldn't be on a CONTINGENT basis.

Just a thought…

its kennedy.

Do you think there's a chance that Obama will win without having Hillary on the ticket?

We're just a few short months before the election and I still have no clue what Obama stands for except a blanket word "change"…

To Eddie Blake,

Sharia? Come on. That's facetious. Chavez socialism maybe, and Euro-socialism, definitely, but not Sharia.

CNN I know you're avoiding it by not posting my comments, but it has to get out there in a big way and let America choose if they still want this man as President or not. Whether you're Pro-Choice or Pro-Life I think all will concur that a baby born fully formed after 20-22 weeks and survives the birthing process has a right to receive medical treatment for a chance to live. Senator Obama said no and voted for this post birth abortion. It's on record and he still emphatically denies doing so. Check it out.

As long as Obama doesn't pick Clinton, and he won't because he's arrogant, I'll be happy because it'll be 4 years of John McCain!

Makes sense…definitely a good idea to pick a candidate from a traditionally Red state state, especially one from the South.

Go ahead….pick him and lose the general election. I know where my vote will go.

Kaine??? He trumpets how well Virginia is run, and is faced with a deficit that wasn't there when Allen was governor. Some management there, Gov. Kaine.

And his response? He won't raise taxes because he knows it is political suicide to do so in VA.

So what will he do? Cut services in the Red parts of the state to send money to the Blue parts.

Yeah, I really want him to do for the country what he did for VA. Good thing I am no longer a Virginian.

Isn't it about time the media stops talking about this until it happens? This is getting ridiculous.

I really think that the Obama anti-Hillary folks and the pick-Hillary folks or else we vote for McCain folks really need to chill. This election is too important for intra-party squabblling at this point. No matter what happened in the primaries and who Obama picks we must stand united to defeat the republicans!

This e-mail is to open your third eye. I hope you leave america. Oh please dont we will vote for obama. Other then giveing a speach I cant think of one good reason for him to be president. TO ALL THE HATERS THAT SAY THEY WILL MOVE TO FRANCE OR CANADA IF OBAMA LOSES THE RACE YOUR PATHETIC. vote for mccain and put an end to the haters. dont let them scare you your still a good person if you vote for mccain despite what that rabid libs tells you.

Obama-kin, Obama-kaine sounds close to me.

TO: Texan going independent

I couldn't agree with you more!! Not only will BHO's lack of experience, the media an HD will keep me from voting for him, but his SUPPORTERS! LET'S SEE WHAT THEY SAY WHEN HE LOSES. IF HE'S SO GREAT WHY HASN'T HE MOVED UP IN THE POLLS SINCE HRC MOVED OUT OF THE WAY? WHY? It is scary to think that those who support BHO are so darn immature and mean. My conscious will not let me vote for him. Those that I know personally who support him act just like the bloggers here. Also, it's not up to HRC to get him support — it is up to BHO to do. I wonder why he cannot do it.

How about Martin Sheen or Gena Davis for Obama's VP? They've both played the President on TV, and they certainly have the star power. Why, they would bring even more of the same kind of change!

President Obama will do the right thing in picking the best VP. I'm getting used to the words President Obama, because it will be true, or God help this country. George Bush has trashed it, and McCain doesn't appear to see the trash. He thinks everything is fine.

Obama 08

To Eddie Blake,

What the @#$% are talking about or suggesting? Sharia law? Oh yeah, and it's "two words", not "to words." Some of you are complete idiots.

This is a psychological ploy by the Reeps to make us believe anything they say or write. The solution to this is to disegard the information. Some of you are giving up on Obama, because you are succumbing to the Reeps plan of Psych. persuasion. What happened to your staying power and strength?

I know what I am suggesting is hard but we tend to believe what we see on T.V. is true, like the negative ads. Please be mentally strong and simply don't believe it. McCain has shown that he will SAY ANYTHING TO WIN.

If Obama does not pick Clinton - we might as well get ready for another 4 years of Republican rule. This is truly the reality. I hope to God Obama is not that dumb.

I am still waiting for my text message stating that Hillary is the pick….

Let it go.

The Clintons and the Bush's plans didn't work to share the White house forever. Your mad at Obama cause the witch lost. She should have never been running. Her experience: I sleep with the President. So does Laura Bush so i guess she is experience too.

He will pick Sen. Bayh. Two young, good looking men will defeat that old horse McCain and his equally old looking VP, Lieberman.

OPEN YOUR 3RD EYE -

I completely agree. After 8 years of Bush, why can't American's stop making the same mistakes? McCain is offering much of the same policies for the economy, taxes and foreign policy. He will continue to run this country into the ground just like Bush. If McCain is elected and does exactly as Bush, I will seriously have to consider moving.

sharon wrote: August 21st, 2008 12:09 pm ET

So what! We own three houses. We are NOT rich. We don't live on credit cards. We pay our bills and live wthin our means. We don't want the gov't to take care of us. We believe in taking responsibility for our actions. And we donate to charity!!!

Barak wants to take my money and give it to someone who doesn't want to work. If you earn money, you should be able to buy whatever you want……..four houses, ten cars, 40 pairs of shoes………it's should NEVER be up to the govt to decide!!!
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Sharon, you have been brainwashed, my friend. Please educate yourself and don't let your ignorance get in the way of your free thinking. Right now, McCain's negative crap has overtaken your ability to reason.

To Open Your 3rd Eye - pack your bags and move to another country if you are not happy with this one - express your freedom of choice.

I agree with you liberals on one thing for sure. You will never be living with torture because you people are to much of a coward to serve your country. That is a fact. You liberals are brave people as long as someone else is doing the lifting or fighting. As far as Obama being so intelligent and graduating from Harvard. If you look at all these Harvard and Yale graduates you will find most presidents of either party has come from one of these schools and that is the reason this country is in the condition that it is. We need another Harry Truman type of president. Probably the best we ever had and he did not go to either of these fancy schools. GW Bush and OBama both did.

There were 3 stories on CNN about John McCain and not 1 response on the blogs not ONE RESPONSE! One story about Obama and there were 97 responses. This Netwark is so fixed it is sorryful. So CNN is selling me the whole country is just interested in criticizing Obama!
Like I said John McCain can do no wrong on CNN he will not be criticized for anything on your blogs.

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Any Clinton supporter who says they'll vote for McCain is NOT a CLinton supporter and shame on her for not saying so.

Selfish PUMAs would rather destroy the county than accept the defeat of their candidate. YOU ARE WORSE THAN THE REPUBLICANS!

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If for any reason Obama was to lose this election… You people are dreaming when you state that H. CLINTON would be president in 2012.
The loss would be her fault and her pathetic feminist supporters' fault. Can u say Backlash! She wouldn't even make it out of the primaries 2012…

Great choice!

Its like watching a comedy that the Obama campaign has the MSM in such a tizzy because he said that he will make his decision by the end of the week on his VP pick. The MSM is on a wild goose chase to find out. There is a method to the madness. You better recognize.

Hillary can't be vetted. Too much dirty laundry, She is Disbarred lawyer, cheating hubby, Whitewater, pending lawsuit, etc.etc…
She can serve the party in the Senate and we need her support there more. Get over it and get on with it. We are voting ISSUES folks.
Your life and the lives of your children may depend on it.
I trust Obama in regard to VP. Selecting Hillary would be a huge mistake given her history and credibilty.

Why is CNN so obsessed with who Obama will choose as his running mate, he'll announce it when he's ready, the peopl3e chasing after him need to get meaningful jobs.

Is all of this VP nonsense Obama's indecision or his bad showmanship? Whichever, if it gives insight to what an Obama presidency would be like, I'll have none of it.
Just say Nobama '08

Hillary on the ticket? Why is this still a topic of discussion? Oh yes, b/c it would be the dream come true for McCain. Nothing else would energize the Repugs like Hill on the ticket.

If he picks the Va Governor he is a bigger fool than I originally thought. Another unknown with no experience just like him. He doesn't want anyone that can take any of the spotlight away from him. Talk about AUDACITY….how about Audacity of Arrogance …that would be Obama holding his acceptance speech at the stadium. So that he can have 75,000 cheering him….I hope it rains….he makes me sick and I am a democrat. Hillary as VP or McCain gets the vote!

It does matter who Obama picks. It does matter if anyone truly thinks that McCain has the ability to lead this nation. We are in a war that he strongly supported and continues to support, he is talking trash to Russia and have no way to back it up and he is out of touch. You can continue to put uneducated millionaires in the Whitehouse and you will continue to struggle. You should not be tricked by oil prices following. They also dropped before the last election only to reach record highs shortly after it was all over.

In response to: " August 21st, 2008 12:11 pm ET

a vote for John Mccain is a vote for…

SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT 2012!!!!!!!!!!"

So you'd rather see our country go further down the tubes just to prove your point that Hillary should be Prez? Real patriotic of you, Texan!

As soon as Obama,s numbers start to fall. The media is waiting to catch him. Over loading websites/news programs with talk about his Vp. If they don't know who it is going to be then why do they bombard us with it could be this guy or that guy or one of those other three. This is just to keep him on your mind and in front of your face.This is the same thing that the media did when Hillary started to come back and it was starting to look like she had a chance. As the song goes "one nation controlled by the media".

senator obama,

biden is much better choice, trust me.

no joking here.

Obama is in free fall and he needs a game changer badly. There is no VP candidate who qualifys other than Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The question is whether Obama is too arrogant to choose her. If he does not he probably will get his rear defeated.

Shari from NY, yea we need to get behind our congressional leaders alright and give them a swift kick in the pant and/or skirt to get them out of town for good. Please look at the congressional records and I think you will see that there has been exactly nothing done in the past two years that can even look like progress for the country. We for petes sake don't even have a budget in place to operate the government for next year on account of Ms. Pelosi and Sen Reid.

Yea I would like to get behind them alright.

BROTHER HOOD OF THE BELL RISES AGAIN……… BOTH ARE harvard grads…..THE SECRET IS OUT… CAIN TRIES TO WIN THOSE BITTER BLUE COLLAR WORKERS….the SOUTH shall rise AGAIN that is WHY KERRY picked EDWARDS……….NOTHING HAPPENED//// kerry loses…….OBAMA LOSES…….DITTO DITTO

Kill CATS (Clintonites Are Totally Selfish)

Biden or bust!

I still say Kathleen Sebelius from Kansas or Nancy Pelosi would be the best VP choice. He needs a woman (and not in a Bill Clinton way)with leadership abilities and no major skeletons in the closet. Give Hillary the speaker or Secretary of State position. He needs someone who can play hardball with the big boys, and then the both of them take the gloves off and go after McCain "Chicago Style". There is so much to go after McCain on, it's just ripe for the picking.

If anyone will have to bring back the draf it will be Obama. He does not understand how these foreign leaders really are and before long we will be in another war with not enough men or women to go around. McCain knows and understands the dangers that face America. As far as having more to go on other than being a POW, you have got to be kidding. Obama is the one without a resume to speak of. NO OBAMA

McCain …wouldn't disagree with the draft? He also says that Petraeus got 65k soldiers to re-inlist and very critical time in the war. His obvious support was to "vote down" the VA educational bill which would have provided too much incentive for soldiers to leave and go to school.

McCain…I want um to feel as though being a soldier is all they can look forward to.

Hasn't anyone figured out that Sen. Obama has a clue? Look at the alternative, Sen McCain thinks he has a clue and is still making plenty of fo-pas>>>"I don't know how many homes I currently own. I'll have my people contact your people with the answer."

Very intelligent right? In the very least, Sen Obama is making calculated stregegic moves like a game of chess. In November, if not before, he will call Check Mate…I'm very proud of him.

Obama/ Hill…J Bizzle…Vice Prez Nobel…or anyone '08
(Just as long as it isn't McShame and Mitt Smarta_s!!! That man is so pompous.)

GO OBAMA GO!!!

Aren't all these VP prospects political insiders - especially Biden?

Obama = hypocrite?

McCain is looking like the best choice more and more everyday.

if its hillary then why is she putting her name in for nomination at the convention? i was a hillary supporter, but i accepted she lost the primaries. now with everything going on with russia obama had better choose biden bc obama has no foreign policy experience.

You Hillary supporters are such babies. Obama doesn't need you 21% of hillary supporters to win away.

All you bot cultist…
You don't get it, do you? WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO IN 2012. You've already torn the party apart and chosen the worst candidate. WE HAVE TO SAVE IT NOW. If this means Hillary won't win in 2012, so be it. We just can't have Obama boy win in 2008. He killed her chances, we will kill his.

He is simply unqualified and self-serving. It doesn't matter to most of Hill's supporters if he does choose her, we are hoping he won't. I will not vote for the creep anyway.

You do know that the DNC is overhauling the rules, don't you? It's all over the news and in my local paper today. They realize the caucuses were a joke and the SG's are too heavy in numbers. READ THE NEWS TODAY MORONS!!! Obama and his thugs stole, cheated their way to where they are.

At the rate Obama is losing support, maybe he should be worrying about getting the nomination first.
By next week when Hillary is put into nomination, she may just have swayed enough Superdelegates to vote for her to put her over the top!
I'm sure she has already made her choice for VP and could answer questions a lot clearer than Obama has on issues.

McCain and Reed, siting in a tree.

k i s s i n g…….

McShame and Big Oil, sitting in a tree.

K i s s i n g

McSame and the Draft, sitting in a tree,

K i s s i n g

McBush and Georgie, sitting in a tree,

K i s s i n g (95% of the time)

McCain and Yucca, sitting in a tree,

K i s s i n g (just not in McCains backyard of Arizona, ROFL!)

McSame and Karl Rove, sitting in a tree,

K i s s i n g

Obama is far more sophisticated at politics than people give him credit for. He knows hardball politics, and he's beginning to open that warchest of skills on McCain. He did it in Chicago, and he'll do it here, too. He needs a VP who will complement his strategy, yet have the character to help him lead once this ugly business is over.

He does consider it ugly business, but he knows it's necessary and he'll do what it takes. I'm a huge Biden fan, but I'm not sure Biden fits into that strategy. Biden is all about honor and can be a vicious attack dog, but honor might not win this campaign. Obama may just have to go with Clinton, who also knows how to pull the levers.

Still, if Obama chooses Biden, I'll be doubling my contribution.

Would you Clinton fans please give it a rest? We get it: you are so unimaginative and bitter that rather than suck it up and vote for someone with virtually identical views, you want to spite the entire country. Obama is NOT going to pick Hillary. Go home, cry, feel indignant–we've all had to do it at one time or another for one or another candidate–but stop the hysterics. Don't spite the whole country like spoiled children. Obama is literate, smart, and creative. He is a constitutional lawyer. And he writes his own speeches–he doesn't need the teleprompter to speak or write well. I am so tired of how dumb, uninformed, and myopic some of you are.

Lisa August 21st, 2008 12:19 pm ET

To Obama supporters:

Choose one Hillary or Mccain?

Lisa, who do you think you and your nastly little friends are? You don't get to state who would be POTUS, silly girl!

Most of all your little iddle threats don't frighten anyone but YOU, since apparently you are simply SIMPLE!

Get a grip. Vote for who you will. I prefer Obama and NoHillary. That's my op-ed, and I'm stickin' to it!

By the way, if McWar wins this election, the disaster that follows wil not be on my consciencious.

Barack the Vote…. Obama 08 B4 it's 2 late

Gee…How about Madeline Albright for VP…perfect for our older voters, a woman, and more experience in foreign policy, and with foreign leaders than all the other possibilities!

@ Down With the DNC who said : "Hillary is not McCain. Obama's position is Hillary's position.
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SO expalin to me again you worthless PUMA, if Hillary and Barack's positions are the same, then why are you voting for McCAin? You are getting tripped up in your own mis guided hatred.

Obama 08′

everyone stop with billary ok, she is a backstabbing lady who thought she was entitled. For the people who say they will defect to McCain you were never a real democrat nor obama supporter to begin with.

Who cares if the hispanic vote defect to McInhumane,If Obama does loses he will lose with dignity and integrity. He will make decisions based on character and not just because its popular. Obama can't be bought.

Trust me Obama will have hispanics better interest at heart, most republicans want to put up that gate and send them back anyway, they dont understand that obama will be better for them.

Almost all the comments on this page were left by total morons. Whether any of you like it or not, Barack Obama is going to be the next president. Your personal feelings on the matter mean very little. Whether you believe the GOP has willfully or just neglectfully destroyed great everything great about America, real and symbolic, it doesn't really matter… voters are going to fire them and they're not going to send Grampa McCain to the White House.

So get used to how it sounds: "President Barack Obama."

McCain, a plague on all six of your houses. But either Mc Cain or Gov Kaine is better than the Co Caine guy in the White House now.

Whoa, Barry Obama just called and asked ME to be VP. Said I might be the last sensible person in America. I told him no, but thanks. He said 'dang, they were right,' and hung up.

Hillarys people keep pushing her down our throat's….believe me as a New Yorker–she doesn't do anything , but talk . She hasn't done a thing for New York…People that live in upstate N.Y.–hate her.
I do have to admit she talks a good game.Its all about Hillary . She wants to go down in the History books as the first woman.And thats not a good thing. I want there to be a woman as President , but not that one.

I think that the big news about Obama’s VP pick is that it is not going to be Hillary Clinton. After the attempted hijacking of the convention by Hillary and Bill’s tepid comments about Obama, I’m sure that the Clintons are now toxic to the Obama campaign. Too bad really, I’ve always thought that the two of them would be an unbeatable ticket. But egos get it the way, and Bill will never disclose where he got all of the millions of dollars in ‘speaking fees’. So, Obama will need to man up and take the fight to McCain himself. It appears from the negative ads his campaign is running that Obama is taking the advice of political punsters and going after McCain. Keep it up, Senator Obama and in a short while you will be President Obama.

It's going to be Kaine. 1. Obama wants Virginia. 2. Both are Harvard Law Grads. 3. Good chemistry and both come from modest backgrounds. 4. Kaine, a white male will be helpful to catch the white and Catholic voters.

Clinton should be yoru pick or you are going to looooooooose.

Hey A-Man, if experience is a problem, then I guess that Obama's 144 days (wowsers!) of on-the-floor experience in Congress makes him uh, er, um *cough* overqualified!

With no Clinton on VP ticket, Obama can say bye bye to this election.

He has no clue, he thinks he can do everything all by himself. He is getting to little annoying and arrogant as his wife. He needs to stay focused as leader on issues and not as messiah.

That's right Obama is going negative, deal with it. Unfortnatley America is filled with a lot of idiots and the respond to negative ads. Look at McCain gaining in the polls as an example. He made the gain because of Negative ads. In order for Obama to help Americans in the White house he needs to get there first. And to get there he's going to need the gloves on. Its going to be a fight and McCain is going to get destroyed. If he remembers where he is. A vote for McSenile is being so dumb but thats an insult to dumb people everywhere.

Per the number of houses McCain has:

Yes, this is stupid. And yes Obama knows it is stupid. But it is only in response to an even more stupid, even more insulting campaign by McCain. McCain is worse by far and he has no respect for your intelligence. Obama said he would only do these kinds of attacks in response to those done on him. And that is just what happened.

Hillary is Obama's best choice for VP. The two of them will have to learn to work together, but she is strong where Obama is weak. Obama has lots of vision, but he needs a detail person to work with Congress to get his program through that group of self-praising loafers. Let's not stop there. Obama should choose an all-star cabinet right now, and let them all campaign with him.

This may be our last chance to keep the country from foundering.

To Cindy im a latina and obama gets my vote regardless of who else is on the ticket…

OBAMA 08

NO WAY OBAMA!! KAINE IS PAIN AND LANDSLIDE FOR MCSHAME!!

GO FOR HILLARY AND WIN FIRST, BEFORE ANY OTHER WORRIES. DO NOT ALLOW REPUBLICANS TO FOOL YOU. REMEMBER GORE, 2000!!

I can't believe Obama will not ask Hillary to be his VP. As far as I'm concerned he has sealed his fate - no Hillary = he will lose in November, his arrogance is astounding. As people watch and hear him, it's more obvious that the original observations - that's he's all style and very little substance seems to really be the case. He just doesn't have the "right stuff" - he's a glory monger. No Hillary - no vote from me. This guy is turning out to be alot of hot air.

It will be Kaine. I will hang my Obama - Kaine T-shirt next to my McGovern - Eagleton T-shirt…. in the dustbin of history.

To PUMA's: Polls mean nothing. Obama has a significant mathematical advantage in the electoral college over McCain. Vote for Clinton, we do not need you.

No Hillary ….McCain 08 and this Democrat will work hard to make it happen. Nobama with No Hillary.

We all are expecting a Obama/Clinton ticket. But I wouldn't be shocked to see an Obama/Powell ticket. That's right, Colin Powell. Mr. Powell hasn't endorsed anyone as of yet and maybe that's because he's gonna be the VP. Obama doesn't necessarily need Hillary to win. Powell has all the Foreign Policy credentials and is well respected among his peers. Wow! Two African-American presidents. You gotta love it!

I'm no fan of the Clintons, but given how close this race has become, he may need them. Certainly, he needs someone stronger than Kaine. With all the smokescreens and how carefully Obama's campaign has orchestrated his VP pick, it wouldn't surprise me if it is Hillary. Just imagine, Bill is scheduled to speak on Wed. at the convention… to introduce Hillary as VP. We'll see soon enough.

Obama won't be able to be this indecisive with the Russians!!

It won't matter who his VP is… he's still shallow and and empty suit.

WAKE UP AMERICA.

What has he accomplished for Chicago? What for the country? What for you or I?

If anyone takes a look around and realizes what the republicans have done to this country how is McCain even a consideration. McCain will start us inevitably down the path to WW3. Peope really need to stop and think. McCain's crown achievement was being a POW-that's his platform. He is exactly like Bush in that his family put him into politics and that's how he got where he is. I don't think people really understand what another 8 years of Republicans will mean. We're already on the edge. More agenda policies will destroy this country.

I love it……..

McCain is for Nuclear transport and reprocessing, just not through Arizona. HYPOCRITE!!!

He said yesterday he is for a new Draft!! HYPOCRITE!!

He is in big Oils Pocket!!!

He is OLD!!

HE is the angry old man on the porch yelling at youngsters to get off his lawn.

All this drama about the polls means nothing. Its just says that conservative right wing pro lifers came home with the Saddelback promises that McCain made. All the Independents are still ripe for the picking.

With McCain and the Right now on the defensive, its all over. Its hard to politic around the cold hard truth isn't it McCain!

Better pick Biden or Hillary or your sunk… Biden is the only reasonable choice. If you really want a VP that is effective. What to do? who to vote for if Obama picks anywone else. Cant vote for McCain as he is now without question a jerk and sold his soul to be president.

McCain is not a warmonger.

But McCain will protect American inerest aound the world.

On the other hand, Obama more than likely more concern about making people like Kadafhi or Mamoudinijad (Iran) or Chavez or other bad guys happy.

Obama approach to lead the world is dangerous.

McCain is safer.

Eddie Blake:

Are you friggin nuts! Despite having thrown the Constitution in the paper shredder and engaging in SO many acts that should be concidered War Crimes, the President cannot institute ANY law, and even if Obama were, as you lying Republicans like to try to paint him as, an adherent to Islam, you've got both houses of congress, the supreme court, AND the Constitution 9which will be reinstated as Bush leaves office) to deal with… so,

Bottom line: SHUT UP YOU IGNORANT HATE-MONGER.

Obama will commit "Political Career Suicide" if he doesn't select Hillary. That 11% we see waiting in the wings…yeah that's the Hillary supporters waiting on him to make the right choice. If he doesn't go with her, then he will always be known as "The only black candidate to be selected by a major political party" he will lose it and he will lose any notariaty that HE worked so hard to get. I pray that he doesn't make that STUPID mistake.

Good gosh, all you juvenile nimrods who think you are so cute & clever with your little names for McCain. Do you know how stupid and childish you sound? It's scary to think you may be our "future" generation. Grow up, people. Act like adults or get off the blog.

I don't support McCain. I don't think I can support Obama. But I don't need to call either of them childish names to make me think I'm so superior or cool. You just look juvenile & ignorant with that stuff.

Obama could win without Hillary Clinton as the vp on the ticket but if he puts her on the ticket then he will win. She is the only person who can excite the rest of the democratic party and it is that significant number of electorate which will guarantee his election. This is not an election with national poll numbers meaning anything. It will come down to as always a small number of voters in a few states. FL, OH, MI, NV, CO, MN, NH and MO. Clinton can help Obama in FL, OH, MI, NV ,NH and MO. There is not another candidate who can and that is why he needs her on the ticket.

He can gamble with Kaine, Biden or Bayh or he can win with Clinton.

Either Obama pick Hillary or this democrat will vote for McCain.

To Lisa:

you said pick Hillary or Mccain. I pick neither.

You fake democrats/cowardly repugs will not make Sen Obama pick old girl. You might as well take your meds and lie down.

It's Hillary or bust! Obama / Kaine? Obama / Biden? Get real… if that happens, save the bumper stickers - they may be as valuable as Dole / Kemp some day!

Whatever hallucinogenics HISPANIC FOR MCCAIN is on I definitely want to get some of it.

I won’t consider any ticket with inexperience candidate on the top

Hillary 08 or Mc Cain 08

Just go with Hillary! Together they will bring everlasting peace and prosperity and their love child will go on to cure cancer.

or go with General Clarke, I'm telling you, we're going to need a president who knows how to shoot a gun.

This would be a great pick! Because two inexperienced pols with no national security background is better than one!

HE WIILL BE SO STUPID NOT TO PICK HILLARY CLINTON . WIN FIRST THE ARROGANT ASIDE RUSH LIMBOUGH IS SCARED OF HILLARY

Obama is supposed to announce his running mate on Saturday. Isn't he supposed to be with Hillary in the Granite State on Saturday?

Did anyone hear McCain yesterday in his town hall meeting? McCain agreed with a woman that we need to generate the Draft?

I don't care who's the VP. I'll vote for him either way.

Obama '08

Kaine reminds me of my favorite person Al Gore…. same personality, same style… great for VP or anything and everything except for the President.

Hey Obama in NC…I guess you could also say …a lot of Obama's supporters are racist as well because they made their choice on the race of the individual.

At this point, I think Obama needs Clinton. Obama went from "inspiration" to "U.S. Senator running for president". The spark that was there in the beginning is fading.

I am so sad too see that the sexist Obamanation is still NEG on Sen Clinton. Since 51% of Americans are FEMALE, sexism affects far more of our population than any other "ism". And yet is supported by so many women that it is really sickening.

Obama needs Cliinton like he needs another hole in his head! If she has that much juice, how come she is on the outside looking in??

As much as I SERIOUSLY DISLIKE her, to put it mildly, nothing would reinvigorate his campaign like bringing Hillary on board as the VP.

Well said Capt. Smash !.
I too am tired of McCain playing the POW card. Doesn't this man have ANYTHING else to go on ?. Being a POW does not qualify one to be POTUS. I really wonder, considering how all he talks about is war, I'm so glad my children will not be eligable for the draft. God help the rest of you if this guy should steal the Whitehouse the way the other goofball did.

Obama '08

You are so wrong about HRC and the Latin vote. If she is on the ticket, she will get the latin vote for sure.

Latin Democrat - San Francisco, CA

Everything Obama does, people start reading into it as a hint to his Veep choice. I bet when he heads to the restroom, people start speculating that the Rotor-Rooter guy is going to be Veep.

I think Obama is toying with everybody, and its working! See how much everyone is talking about him and his potential VP pick? Once he announces, then it becomes OLD news. But for now, it keeps the focus on him.

PLEASE GOD LEAD THIS COUNTRY. MAN ON THIS PLANET JUST CAN'T DO IT.

Obama needs to get strong with his message and slam the heck out of Mccain, who wants another guy in the white house that committed adultry, didnt we have enough of that when Willy was in there. Mccain should pick Willy or Edwards for V P. They all committed adultry. You think Cindy is going to make your house payment, put food on the table, or give you one of her houses, if you cannot make your house payments. We know that she can supply us with all the drugs we need. She wont even claim her own blood relatives. So with Cindy and John in there you can all kick back and have a beer, to top it off.

As a side-note, I just heard that country star Toby 'Boot in your arse' Keith came out to publicly endorse…Obama! Wow, not that I'm a T.K. fan, but this can't hurt with voters in some of those southern states that could tilt blue this November.

Biden very SOUND
Kaine-Tested, Knows how to run a state, new face fresh blood

This experience for the job thing makes me laugh. Nobody is experienced to be President and all of them do worse in their second term when they have the most experience. It is all about good judgement and being willing to listen to the right people. Any situation is going to result in all the advisors coming together and it will be the presidents job to make a judgment call on their recommendations. McCain for God sakes is a tortured war victum. They have special homes for these people, they don't let them run a country.
As for the losers who cannot move on about Hillary, it is too bad they don't have a home for you. If you are so stupid as to think there is any chance the democrates would let Hillary run in 2012 after submarining the party your just too stupid to even speak too.

NO HILLARY, NO VOTE

"I'm going to let the campaign speak for the campaign" means "I am not part of the campaign"

GO BIDEN

If it was going to be Clinton, would the Obama campaign have ceded half of the convention to them?

Bill speaks, Hillary speaks, Chelsea introduces her, Hillary's name into nomination, etc.

I think that overall Hillary would help Obama win, but she would also energize the conservative base and swing many undecided voters away from Obama.

I like the idea of Biden, Clark, and Clinton in order of preference. I don't see what Bayh or Kaine do for him.

Yes..He should choose Kaine for VP… then we can plan on Hillary running for President in 2012.

BIG DEAL . ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES MORE IMPORTANT THAN MCCIANS' NIMBER OF HOUSES? CANT THE OBAMA CAMP
THINK OF MORE IMPORTANT SUBJECTS AND ISSUES? PERHAPS OBAMA'S STUMBLING , MUMBLING PERFORMANCE AT THE SADDLEBACK FORUM HA SHTE OBAMA CAMP GRASPING FOR STRAWS . THINK OF IT. THERE ARE A HUGE NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT THEY COULD THROW AT MCCAIN, WHOSE WIFE IS WORTH MILLIONS AND CAN BUY A DOZEN HOUSES ALL BY HERSELF.
OBAMA'S SLIDE IN THE POLLS IS JUST BEGINNING AND NOW PEOPLE ARE TAKING A GOOD LOOK AT HIS CREDENTIALS AND THEY SEE VERY LITTLE REASON TO ELECT HIM TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND AT A VERY DANGEROUS TIME.

No to Hillary. I'm hoping for Biden so that he can be the attack dog and rip John McCain to shreds while Barack stays on message and deals with the issues.

OBAMA '08 and '12

go Obama, go Obama, go!
Can't wait to hear who is #2 and by what margin we win in November.

Take the teleprompter away and we see the real Obama.

Mr. Green and Mr. Greener.

have you noticed the cnn poll of polls is not always the same polls.looks like to keep obama in the lead polls were jerry picked in the past. now we get a cnn poll of polls with 7 polls not the usual 3 or 4.this must be what it took to get obama a 1% lead.

I have a feeling we are going to be surprised.

OBAMA/? '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hillary is my god, let he lead me to salvation. She is the light that guides us all. Punish her non beleivers and caste them out of paradise for their sins against my mercifull Hillary! She is our leader and our destiny!!

To all the Clintonite, stop blaming Barack for your loss. Blame the clinton campagne and yourself. And about her debt, if you really are about 18 millions fans, why don't you just give her $ 1each one of you . If i am still good at it , that will make $ 18 millions.

Jack Abramoff is McCain right hand man while McCain cover for them for political favor. Kitten 5 and McCain and other old Washington dirty politic for political favor. McCain an elitist lost count of the many paid for mansion that he own. Someone that is paying a million dollars for a weekend get away ranch is what if not an elitist.

Prior to this meeting. Obama brought up McBush and his seven houses and more to the point that he did not remember how many houses he owns. This hits two points. First, McBush is extremely wealthy and is makeing big money while the working people flounder in this terrible economy. He does not understand the problem and does not think there is a problem. Second, He forgot how many houses he has. Who does that?! McBush is clearly suffering from dementia. An ill tempered, war monger, senile and not really very intelligent. This is who half of America wants for President?

Those of you who still want Hillary probably wouldn't take NO from your parents or realize that you lost a sports day race at school. You know, one of those things that tell you you cannot have what you want. Well, go over to the corner or your room and be mad and cry, or better yet have a hissyfit until the convention is over.

You act so childish about things that are so important to the USA. America need all Democrats to defeat the Republicans that I am sure you do not want in the whitehouse.

Go do something positive for you cause rather than calling people names in this forum. Stand up and be counted rather than standing out and being noticed as an angry young child.

HAS TO BE HILLARY AS V.P. - 18,000,000 VOTES - ENOUGH SAID.
THEY WOULD STEAL THE COVERAGE THROUGH THE FALL FOR SURE AND THE REPUBLICANS KNOW IT. THEY ARE AFRAID OF A HILLARY PICK. OBMAMA/CLINTON 08 IS THE WAY IT HAS TO GO, SO YOU HRC HATERS GET OVER IT. AGAIN, 18,000,000 VOTES!!!!

McCain's VP pick cannot be Mitt Romney. Mitt would get more women at closing time. I think he should choose hapless Joe Lieberman, because he makes Mc Cain look good.

How is that for a joke?

Come on, pick him. If you want to lose. If you want to win, pick Hillary. If you pick this guy you will not get my vote.

NOBAMA!

I sure hope Obama doesn't pick Hillary. That way I know he's going to lose to McCain.

Who?

DUDES!!! Who Cares!!

Democrats, we are on the attack, and McCain can't take it. He can dish it out, but he cant take the heat.

Right Wingers have been put on the defensive the last couple days, and its only gonna get worse as Obama calls McCain like he sees him, a low road dirty politician.

ATTACK!!! ATTACK!!! ATTACK!!! Its working!!

Obama for pres!!

A vote for McCain is not going to help put Hilary in the white house in 2012.

You pumas will tee off all the Obama supporters and there are more of them……So they will return the favor and not vote for her……….Nah Nah Nah…..so there.

Obama……..Never Clinton

SONGBIRD MCCAIN -

AN ELITIST, OUT-OF-TOUCH TRAITOR!!

OBAMA '08!!

BAD MOVE…..BAD MOVE….

Obama has only one choice to bring this once sure thing Democratic party back to a win in November. Hillary is his only chance, as much as some people may dislike the idea.

he better put hillary VP if not mcain got my VOTE

You people still don't get the point, it's your last chance to get this right. Let's talk experience Pres Bush, Gov from Texas okay now im confused did America vote for his Father or him? If you voted for him you screwed up, admit it. Rep or not your vote was as good as toilet tissue. I would say that Obama is the lesser evil if he screws up, get him out of office. America you have rights, ask Mr. Mc Cain and Mr. Obama if after 1 year on the job they break any of there promises if they will step down? American have left your life up to the Politics, if you are dumb enough to do this than you get what you get. What about drugs, murders and the other crimes committed against American citizens at home? You only want to hear what you want to hear, well here's the truth you voted for G.W. Bush so you get the full package, high gas prices, bad economy, Kids coming home in body bags or mamed for life and no respect. What is the solution for Georgia and Russia? let them fight it out in the end they don't care about us, remember Iraq?

How can Barack Obama watch as his half brother lives in slums and not help him? Can any of you Obamabots answer how the man God sent down to us to lead this country can do that as a human being?

After reading the negative blogs about Obama, I have to say this. The problem with America is that we are threatened by an intelligent, cool, and wildly popular. Simply insane with jealousy and hate. Obama graduated #1 from Harvard, he is extremely intelligent, and that's what white America is threatened by, especially white men. Get over yourselves, when something is predestined, there is nothing mear mortals can do do stop it, just ask Hillary Clinton!

Obama-Kaine or Dumb and Dumber, what's the difference?

With Warner being selected to give the opening speech at the DNC, Kaine's hopes of being the VP slectee are almost null…….and I think that is what Obama is saying to him in the picture.

He reminds me of Flat Top from Dick Tracy.

Sweet Pic. I like the way Obama is blowing in his ear. I"ll bet thats how he got his house. Pucker Up and blow.

Is Obama trying to kiss Kaine ???

Kaine and Unable in 08

@ Marge: She didn't LOSE. He didn't WIN. The super delegates will vote him in.

You are the one confused. Your hate continues to divide us.

When it comes to experience it will be the BLIND LEADING THE BLIND!!!!

Hillary 08

LET ME SEE, MCCAIN HIRES A CARL ROVE CLONE NOW HE HIS UP IN THE POLLS. WAKE UP AMERICA THIS IS WHY WE HAVE BUSH NOW. FOLKS GET READY FOR WAR WITH IRAN WITH MCCAIN IN POWER. CONSERVATIVES PUSSLE ME HOW CAN YOU BE FOR PRO LIFE BUT CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR WARMONGERS.

Obama is almost gone.

No experience is very dangerous for the presidency.

Obama is just full of talk, talk, talk. that is it.

Obama visiting someone could mean he is telling them it's a 'No'
He's gotta be laughing at all of this.

And for those of you who are telling Hillary to go away and for her supporters to get over it .. you need to get over it because without Hillary HE WILL LOSE! She gives him his only chance.

McCain has way more than 4 homes, he just doesn't want us to know.

The "surge"…lies wrapped in lies.

In December 2005 there were about 160,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.

In March of 2006 there were about 133,000 US troops in Iraq.

Troops were then reduced to about 127,000 in July of 2006.

Then the much-touted "surge" - and troop levels reached around 162,000 troops in Iraq in August of "07.

Now, tell me: Is going from 160,000 down to 127,000 then back up to 162,000 a "surge", or merely an attempt to recover from yet another premature "mission accomplished" boner?

lolll…The net peak gain of 2,000 extra troops - in a nation with porous borders and a population of 27.5 million? THAT was the "real" reason for the better conditions in Iraq, now

I trust Obama on who ever he chooses as a running mate. He is the really the only one that this country needs that has the judgement, and intelligent and is capable to straighten out the mess we are.,,bad Economy, bad War, bad relationship with other countries, Energy dependance on unfriendly countries and the list goes on and on.

Quite frankly, I don't think it's any of the top 3.

I trust Obama's judgement completely. So, I don't care who he picks, he will be the next president.

Obama/ ?? '08/12

I'm telling you, it's Hilliary!!
Who would like to make a wager on this? I may not own 5 houses, but I'll bet you McCain's that's it's Hillary.
And when she does get the nod, all you nuts better not come up with another reason not to vote for Obama. Cause if you do, then we'll really know who the racist are in these blogs.

If Obama pick Hillary for VP it will piss off the Hispanic Community. The Hispanic community are all going to McCain bank on that. Just look at the polls Latinos are now going to McCain. It look like Obama might win 10 States or less. MN, WI, MI, NJ, NH, CT,and maybe NY that is Seven blue states going RED this time!!!!!!

Hispanic for McCain 2008

It is so interesting to me to following his career and compare it to what I’ve seen and heard throughout my political career. I’ve worked in politics for the last 13 years. The most common complaint I hear among Republicans and Democrats at all levels of government is that people want someone new and untainted by the “system.” Someone unspoiled with a fresh approach toward public service, and with the start from of a community base. We have that person in our sites and all some people can do – it seems - is focus on the same criteria that gave us the same results we have now. We all have a chance to elect the very kind of person we’ve been longing for – for generations. I pray that we keep our principles.

It should be Hillary, if its not I'm not voting for Obama

I won't vote for Obama even if he picks Hillary. This candidate is fatally flawed and should be sent packing come November.

MIGHT KNOW OBAMA IS GOING TO PICK ANOTHER LOSER. BIRDS OF A FEATHER STICK TOGETHER.

McCain is going to win

Obama/Clinton or NOOBAMA.

There are tons of people in the country who have 10 homes, but I bet you they all know how many they have. John does as well, he just can't say it. You see, the focus has to stay on Barack in order for him to win. So the Straight Talk Express has to detour when the discussion doesn't follow the Karl Rove Dirty Politics Route. So he wants us to keep looking at Barack, and not notice the man in the 600 dollar shoes, who left his wife, Carol and 3 minors to be with his mistress, and doesn't own up to how many homes he owns, standing behind the curtain.

Did I mention he's just itching to send your sons and daughters to war, any war will do.

texas DEM August 21st, 2008 12:11 pm ET

a vote for John Mccain is a vote for…

SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT 2012!!!!!!!!!!
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Yeeeah, you keep telling yourself that lie paid Repugnican troll. Like we won't do to her what you and your maggots keep threatening to do to Obama now..that's a hoot.

Why are Clinton's supporters so bitter as to not vote for Obama just because he beat that devisive, power hungry woman? Just helping the Republicans gain ground on Obama .. you guys make me sick.

And for the last time, Obama is not a muslim masquerading as a Christian, I don't even see why thats an issue if your usually a democrat. Hatemongerers.

Obama/Kaine 08

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Hillary supporters, PUMAs, Notfallinginline, closet republicans….whatever the losing category.

How come Barack needs to pick Hillary for VP? You guys hate Barack so much, why would you want him as your president? Ok…don't answer that because the response as ridiculous as your threats to vote for McCain.

Let's say this….Support Barack this time or Hillary has not shot ever. Do u think all Obama's supporters will support Hillary should he lose this year? Try us and see…i.e. put a gun to your own head.