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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: koan who wrote (27898)8/21/2008 12:20:51 AM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
Barack's big veep surprise: Bill Nelson?
So posits the Times of London.

miamiherald.typepad.com

"Expect the unexpected," the newspaper says. "Few predicted that Dick Cheney, asked to find a running-mate for George Bush in 2000, would end up recommending himself. Four years ago the New York Post proclaimed Richard Gephardt to be Mr. (John) Kerry’s choice. The next day John Edwards was revealed as the vice-presidential nominee when his name was observed being painted on an aircraft.

"So, step forward Bill Nelson, who represents the swing state of Florida in the Senate where he sits on the armed services, foreign relations and intelligence committees."