VEEP Prospects Move To The Center


Politico.com has a key story on VEEP prospects moving to the center.  Click Here.  Caroline Kennedy and her role in the seach for Obama's Veep.  Click Here. 

Some people feel Dick Gephardt is in the running for sure.  Click Here. 

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Obama VEEPwatch: Who Is Evan Bayh?
Posted on 07/21/2008

Whether you knew it or not, ObamaBayh.com is up and running in a subtle campaign to keep the public informed about how a...

McCain VEEPwatch: Who Is Charlie Crist?
Posted on 07/15/2008

"Empty Chair Charlie." "Chain Gang Charlie." "The People's Governor." "Florida's First Black Governor." "Arnold Sc...

Obama VEEPwatch: Who Is Sam Nunn?
Posted on 07/04/2008

Rep Caroline Cheeks Kilpatrick opened her mouth following a meeting with Obama’s Veep Vetters to let the world know Sam Nunn is one of the shortlisted names....

McCain VEEPwatch: Who Is Rob Portman?
Posted on 06/27/2008

Since Senator McCain is in Ohio this week, the scuttlebutt is focused on former Ohio Representative Rob Portman – a respected Conservative whose economic exp...

McCain VEEPwatch: Who Is Tim Pawlenty?
Posted on 06/17/2008

Is Tim Pawlenty another unworthy subject of Internet hysteria and hometown fanaticism... Or does he have the proven track record and the charisma it takes to b...

Dick Cheney in the News

Posted on 07/17/2008

Cheney Shielded by the Executive Branch that he's "not part" of! President George W. Bush invoked executive privilege to avoid turning over records of an FBI interview of Vice President Dick Cheney and other documents subpoenaed by Congress in the CIA leak investigation. 

Cheney's Secret VEEP Boot Camp

Posted on 07/21/2008

Being a Vice President is a difficult job, in some respects even harder than being the president. While the president is on a photo opp eating Thanksgiving dinner with troops in Texas (or for all intensive purposes, "Iraq"), you're at Kanye West's mom's funeral or writing Nancy Pelosi a generic "Season's Greetings" card.

That`s Sketchy!

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VEEP FACT 1: The term "Senators" comes from the nation's 7th VEEP.

John C. Calhoun came up with the term "senators." Until then, they had been referred to as "Gentlemen of Congress."

 

VEEP FACT 2: One Vice President was nicknamed "His Royal Rotundy." 

By trying to attend the most senate meetings and debates, the nation's 1st vice president John Adams, irritated many senators who called him "His Royal Rotundy" or "His Mighty Benign Highness!" 

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VP Quote of the Week:

“Once there were two brothers: one ran away to sea, the other was elected Vice-President - and nothing was ever heard from either of them again.”
-Thomas R Marshall (1913-1921, under Woodrow Wilson)


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