Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama has chosen his running mate for Vice President. He’s already called some of the people on his shortlist to fill the number 2 spot on his ticket. According to Politico.com text hoaxes are already spoiling Obama’s plan to confirm his VP choice to supporters. The Twitter VP text is supposed to arrive before his rally on Saturday.
Sen. Barack Obama called some people on his short list 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.Rep. Chet Edwards said Friday that the campaign had vetted him but that he hasn’t talked to Obama.
Edwards, 56, is a nine-term congressman representing the central Texas
district that includes President Bush’s ranch near Crawford.This month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touted Edwards as a dark horse contender for the No. 2 spot on the ticket.
The presumptive Democratic nominee is working Friday in Chicago,
Illinois, on his address at next week’s Democratic National Convention
in Denver, Colorado. He has no public events scheduled for Friday and
will launch a string of rallies with his running mate on Saturday in
Springfield, Illinois.Obama said Thursday that he had made his decision but declined to give any further details.
Obama has told some other potential running mates over the past few
weeks that he would not be choosing them, the Democratic source said."I won’t comment on anything else until I introduce our running mate to
the world," he said in Emporia, Virginia. "That’s all you’re going to
get out of me." sourceRep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, spoke with his local newspaper about reports that he was on Sen. Barack Obama’s shortlist for vice president.
"He would not say today how often he had been in contact with the Obama campaign, only acknowledging that he had been in the vetting process," The Waco Tribune reports.
As we reported yesterday, Obama has made his choice. We just don’t know when he’ll announce it. Since Edwards surfaced as a possible candidate, his name has rocketed toward the top of Google’s list of the most popular search terms.
Where will Edwards be tomorrow afternoon, when Obama and his Democratic running mate take the stage in Springfield, Ill.?
“I’ll be spending some quality time with my family tonight,” he tells the paper. source
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