Obama has begun a TOP SECRET search of Vetting possible VP's. What does this mean?

[Heather MC]

NO HilLIARy on his ticket!! well that's what I pray anyway.



Sorry no Link, I just saw this on MSNBC. He has hired Jim Johnson some guy from Fannie Mae to Vett a top secret list of possible VP choices.

Update:
Here's a link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/officials-say-obama-start_n_103042.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. if it is top secret, how does MSGOP know?

[Renew Deal]

3. Don't ask questions.

:D

[ChairmanAgnostic]

19. . . .

LOL!

may I ask why? No, wait, that's a question, too!

[KittyWampus]

5. he hired the guy who vetted VP candidates for Kerry, and intentional leaks from the Obama campaign

[Heather MC]

10. They don't know who is on the list, they just know there is a list.

[Renew Deal]

28. And they don't know if the list is on paper or a floppy disk.

[Dr.Phool]

2. He should have hired Cheney.

Then we'd know who his pick would be.

[FSogol]

4. Some guy from Fannie Mae? He worked for Mondale and Kerry's campaigns

doing the same search.

[Heather MC]

7. I was typing as I was watching, I got that he worked on other campaigns

but I didn't hear which ones, but they did say he works for Fannie Mae right now.
Sorry if I seemed to lessen his resume'

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. the candy FM or the finance FM?

[Heather MC]

15. Finance, there is a candy one?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

18. chicago based candy company.

http://www.fanniemay.com/

I think they suck, but then again, my complex carbs come in liquid form, on the rocks.

[verges]

17. Do you mean

Fanny Farmer? (candy)

[FSogol]

14. Np. I guess this puts Edwards close to the top of the list.

Johnson felt he was the best choice just a few years ago.

[high density]

21. Except now we have a reference point on what Edwards was as a VP candidate

The only vetting that needs to be done for Edwards is the playback of the Edwards v. Cheney debate. That brings Edwards off the table very fast.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. Hell, I don't think there's time to vet Hillary before November, it would take so long.

[Heather MC]

9. too true

:rofl:

[NotThisTime]

13. Repuke's have been vetting her for 4 years

Damn, they were ready for her too...

[gristy]

8. Here's what it means: He's getting into the nuts and bolts of candidate evaluation

and he's not telling anyone anything more than that (that's the top secret part). That is all.

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. News link here with the details

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6073878&mesg_id=6073878

[cloudythescribbler]

16. Don't forget -- for BOTH parties, 1/2 the "vetting" is to placate constituencies ... nt

[peoli]

20. Ok Shhh! Dont tell anyone! It's TOP SECRET!

[Heather MC]

22. But if you tell some one you have make them promise they won't tell any one

[hokies4ever]

23. They just leaked this because McCain leaked the same thing

By definition, it can't be top secret if it's on MSNBC.

[Major Hogwash]

24. I can't wait to hear the lies Terry McAwful spews today about this!!

Because that's all that piece of shit has been doing lately.

[billyoc]

25. Top Secret, i.e., don't pester us about it.

:rofl:

[dsomuah]

26. Well stop praying

All VP searches are top secret.

Kerry kept his search top secret until the guy who painted the plane leaked it ...

Bush's search in 2004 was top secret as well, so much so that we never knew who he interviewed.

It wasn't until after Al Gore announced Lieberman as his running mate that we found out that he also interviewed John Kerry and John Edwards.

[lsusteel]

27. It will be Bloomberg or Strickland

IMO

[mystieus]

31. Strickland.... the guy standing behind Hillary in this picture?

Noooooo!!!!

[Heather MC]

34. Clinton Loyalist shouldn't even be aloud to stand with the tourist by the fence of the White House

[lsusteel]

36. So what?

They're all Dems.

[Fire_brand]

29. He wants to appear to be moving forward without offending Hillary

Since NC/IN his focus has been McCain, anything said about Hillary has been positive. He wants to appear to the SDs and to Hillary that he's looking toward the primaries.

The "leak" of this "top secret" information is just more of the same.

Plus, he really does need to start looking toward the general, we're only a few months away.

[cali]

30. Just read on kos that last week Hillary called him and said she wanted to be vp

he purportedly said no.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/22/105432/021/306/520392

[Heather MC]

32. that would explain her skrew the truce, I'm going to bury you attitude she has this week.

:rofl:

[Nederland]

33. I could tell you...

...but then I'd have to kill you.

[Heather MC]

35. I don't want to know, dying is not on my list of things to do this week

:rofl: