http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:57:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35999/mccain-picks-running-mate-but-hes-not-telling-yet.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain has picked his running mate, but he's not telling just yet, Politico reports. McCain will reportedly inform his vice-presidential pick tomorrow, then unveil his choice to the nation on Friday. The two are then expected to campaign in battleground states this weekend, ahead of the GOP convention on Monday. Speculation remains centered on Mitt Romney, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and political chameleon Joe Lieberman.http://www.newser.com/story/35999/mccain-picks-running-mate-but-hes-not-telling-yet.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 27 Aug 2008 21:23:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35942/biden-complicates-mccains-veep-calculus.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJoe Biden presents a problem for John McCain, Jeanne Cummings notes on Politico. “McCain knows Biden well," says one Republican insider. "He knows how good he is as a knife fighter." Stacked up against Biden, all of the rumored GOP short-listers reveal potentially fatal flaws:   Mitt Romney: Considering Biden's middle-class roots, the multimillionaire former governor could undermine McCain's claims of Obama elitism.http://www.newser.com/story/35942/biden-complicates-mccains-veep-calculus.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 27 Aug 2008 8:40:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35844/clinton-never-was-in-running-for-veep-slot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn a meeting soon after Hillary Clinton conceded the nomination, Barack Obama told her he probably wouldn’t select her for the VP slot, sources close to the conversation told the Washington Post . She had requested that he not put her through a charade of vetting if she wasn't a serious candidate; he didn’t want to raise false hopes and knew after the rough primary season that the two wouldn’t make a good match.http://www.newser.com/story/35844/clinton-never-was-in-running-for-veep-slot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 9:10:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35803/obamas-veep-text-reached-record-29m.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama's cell phone text to supporters naming Joe Biden as his running mate reached 2.9 million people, according to Nielsen—enough for a $290,000 bill at normal text rates. The statistics company ranks the message the nation's "single largest mobile marketing event" to date.http://www.newser.com/story/35803/obamas-veep-text-reached-record-29m.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 2:08:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35697/lefty-ticket-a-boon-to-mccain.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama has taken a big risk by choosing a VP almost as liberal as he is, writes Fred Barnes in the Wall Street Journal . In the past, Democrats have found success in politically balanced tickets: centrist Jimmy Carter and lefty Walter Mondale, moderate Bill Clinton and more liberal Al Gore. Despite a slight move leftward since ’04, America remains a center-right nation, Barnes claims.http://www.newser.com/story/35697/lefty-ticket-a-boon-to-mccain.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 25 Aug 2008 6:31:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35678/sunday-pundits-dissect-biden-pick.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe newly announced Obama/Biden ticket predictably dominated the talk shows today. Politico gives the run-down: Obama VP adviser Caroline Kennedy told Meet the Press she hoped Joe Biden would prove to be as sage a pick as her father's choice of LBJ. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi turned Biden's rep for gaffes into a snipe at Bush on NBC, saying Obama "is not just choosing a yes man, but a person that will speak what he believes.”http://www.newser.com/story/35678/sunday-pundits-dissect-biden-pick.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 24 Aug 2008 15:18:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35671/mccains-dream-ticket-powell-on-veep-list-aide-says.html?refid=rss_all_defaultDecorated general and former secretary of state Colin Powell might add another title to his resume, reports Politico, citing a McCain adviser who says his candidate's failure to rule out a running mate who supports abortion rights points to Powell as a possible pick. But Mitt Romney—whose father was a Michigan governor—is still a more likely choice if McCain decides a win in the state is crucial.http://www.newser.com/story/35671/mccains-dream-ticket-powell-on-veep-list-aide-says.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 24 Aug 2008 13:23:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35655/biden-by-the-numbers-a-solid-choice.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSome argued Hillary Clinton was Barack Obama’s best VP choice because she could unite the Dems. But in crunching Rasmussen's favorable-unfavorable numbers, the New Republic finds Joe Biden can do that almost as well, while pulling in more independent voters and keeping Obama backers in the fold. Biden scores the fewest “unfavorable” ratings among Democrats, and the highest net score among Independents.http://www.newser.com/story/35655/biden-by-the-numbers-a-solid-choice.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 24 Aug 2008 7:55:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35638/5-things-revealed-by-biden-pick.html?refid=rss_all_defaultPresidential running mates rarely decide an election, but a candidate's VP choice can reveal his plans, Politico reports. Here's what Joe Biden shows about Barack Obama: Obama is ready for battle: “Biden is a brawler—and the Obama camp is eager to unleash him.” Surprise! Obama is more traditional than his image: “Two male career politicians from the Senate is hardly transformational.”http://www.newser.com/story/35638/5-things-revealed-by-biden-pick.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 23 Aug 2008 17:38:36 CDT