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To: Dale Baker who wrote (67727)	5/22/2008 1:31:05 PM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 542147

Looks like Obama has set June 3 as his deadline for getting the party on the unity track. thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com May 22, 2008, 11:49 am Obama Begins Search for Vice President By Jeff Zeleny Updated \| 1 p.m. ORLANDO – With the Democratic National Convention only three months away, Senator Barack Obama has asked a tight circle of advisers to begin conducting a confidential search for prospective running mates. Mr. Obama, who intends to wait until the final primaries end on June 3 before declaring victory in the presidential nominating fight with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, has sworn his advisers to secrecy. The search is in its earliest phases, officials said, and Mr. Obama has asked Jim Johnson, a longtime Democratic hand, to lead the process. Mr. Johnson, who is a vice chairman of the Obama campaign, led the vice presidential search for Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, in 2004 and Walter Mondale in 1984. In recent weeks, officials said, he started to compile information – largely biographical – for a long list of potential running mates. Democratic officials discussed Mr. Johnson’s role on condition of anonymity so they could speak freely about a process that Mr. Obama has demanded be kept secret. Advisers to Mr. Obama declined to discuss the search or any elements of the process. First, they said, the Democratic nominating contest is not finished, so they don’t want to appear presumptuous. But, they added, time is quickly running out for the exhaustive vetting process to begin. Mr. Obama, who spoke to reporters on a brief trip back to Washington today, declined to discuss the role Mr. Johnson was playing. “I haven’t hired him. He’s not on retainer. I’m not paying him any money. He is a friend of mine. I know him,” Mr. Obama said. “I am not commenting on vice presidential matters because I have not won this nomination.” This week, Mr. Obama crossed the threshold of winning the majority of pledged delegates. He has stopped short of declaring victory, but has gradually turned his focus to Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona. “We’ve had a wonderful contest against a wonderful candidate,” Mr. Obama told supporters at a fund-raiser here Wednesday evening. “But it is going to be time for us very soon to start unifying this party because we cannot afford to be divided come November.”