OK: when and where is this mysterious leaked unscheduled Obama event at? Indianapolis or up north?

snooze

"a local event" Wilson

I'm OK with Bayh

obamabayh08.com is parked by Joe Chan.

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obamabayh.com is privately registered through GoDaddy. So are obamaclinton.com and obamakaine.com. barackobama.com is registered to Obama for America - also through GoDaddy.

no no no no no no no no.....

Domain squatters should be shot. Not killed, mind you, just wounded.

I don't like this at all. I hope he doesn't think picking Bayh will guarantee him Indiana OR Hillary backers.

What businesses or trademark owners owned the rights to any of those name combinations?

>>Domain squatters should be shot. Not killed, mind you, just wounded.

Been there (shot that is). Don't even JOKE about shooting someone.

Your reasoning is good, Mr Browning, but I disagree with your initial premise: While I agree he won't try to compete with the Olympics, i also don't believe he'll feel constrained to announce *before*. If he did, then his announcement is immediately lost in the Olympics attention.

Far better to wait and announce *after* the Olympics.

Don't you think it would be best for him to ride the tide of goodwill the Olympics will inspire, Cathexis? I think I'd rather announce on Wed and ride the wave until Friday when it'll be the top story. If there's anything I'd rather be the #2 story behind, it'd be the Olympics opening ceremonies...

If he waits until closer to the closing ceremonies, he'll be competing with media coverage of "How many medals did the US get?", the back and forth over China's human rights/environmental record, and God knows what else. It'd be better to ride the wave of the Olympics to make the candidate seem even larger - as if they go together.

ABC: Anything is Better than Cheney.

Whoever Obama picks, some constituency will be disappointed. I still think that Ed Rendell would be the best choice. As a NYer, I think the world of Sen. Clinton but I think that Obama needs someone easier to work with.

Speaking of Cheney (and indulging in some OT) if anyone has not seen Front Line: Bush's War on PBS, it is being rebroadcast in several areas. It is an absolute must see.

Wolf Blitzer on CNN is presently discussing the likelihood of the veep being Hillary.

I agree with Bil that before makes more sense--then you have two candidates rather than one that can spend the Olympics news lull fundraising and making local stops.

As a feminist, former Hillary Clinton supporter, I think Bayh would be an excellent choice. He has executive experience as a popular two-term governor, a fiscal conservative who left the state with a budget surplus, and he also has legislative and foreign policy experience from his years in the Senate. He is young enough not to undercut Obama's generational message, and also experienced enough to reassure voters. The sooner he can join the ticket and undercut some of the racist issues the McCain camp is running, the better.

#10: "Been there (shot that is). Don't even JOKE about shooting someone."

How about if I amend and add, "with a BB gun or really cold paintballs"?

I continue to have a problem with the distinct possibility, if not probability that should an Obama-Bayh ticket be successful, Indiana Republican governor Mitch Daniels will still be re-elected (despite the national Democratic ticket narrowly carrying Indiana, which I think a distinct possibility) and name a Republican to succeed Bayh. That would work against the desire for reaching 60 Democratic senators.

I guess I should have explained myself better instead of making quips. The issue about the domains should be divorced from this discussion. From all indications, this person owns a bunch of domains related to Obama and Bayh and has since May 07 in the case of obamabayh08.com. It's a common practice among people who register domains in the hopes that a company or campaign will pay out big money for them instead of taking them to WIPO and taking the time to have it re-assigned to them.

Sorry Senator Bayh is like Whose that to the average person a no name Senator daa no offense to him but come on Gov.Richardson is more well known and brings way more to the campaign than somebody who I have to google every time his name is mentioned.

Bayh could very well be a headfake. Pay attention also to Lee Hamilton.

Bayh may be a headfake. Don't forget about Lee Hamilton.

Hmm...

http://www.obamabayh08.com DOES get redirected to the DNC website....

I hope it's not true. White and boring can't complete with Hillary. And, for all the naysayers, remember she was within a hair of winning the nomination outright. And, as far as positions, they were identical on virtually every issue. Let's put egos aside, join hands and take back the White House!

What about this?

From the web site of the Virginia Democratic Party:

Michelle Obama in Norfolk
Posted XXXXXX on Wednesday, July 30

Please Join

Michelle Obama

and

Tim Kaine and Anne Holton

for an evening benefitting the Obama Victory Fund

with a performance by Bruce Hornsby.

Wednesday, August 6th at 6:00 PM

Harrison Opera House
160 East Virginia Beach Boulevard
Norfolk, Virginia 23510

I don't know who it's going to be, but I'm just going to register my distaste for a Bayh ticket right here. Those four words Jed Bartlet wrote his VP on The West Wing? Yeah. It's that.

Alex, you've made me *swoon* alluding to The West Wing! Especially when it is so apt. For the unenlightened, President Bartlett (ah, if only he weren't fictional) wrote that the reason he picked his vice president is, "because I might die".

I very nearly didn't vote for Michael Dukakis because of Bentsen, for all of the difference that made. If Obama did pick someone I couldn't abide, it would be tempting to revisit that position. But I really don't think he'll do that.

On the list of those I couldn't abide is Tim Kaine, who is anti-abortion. If he is picked, the announcement would be in Richmond, not Norfolk. So I don't think the Wednesday event is a hint.

Bil's inside info of an unscheduled Indiana event would seem to indicate that something's afoot. Without it, my sense was that he was going to wait until after the Olympics, which I think is smart.

I wouldn't hate it if it's Bayh, but it just seems like a conventional and uninspired pick. My first choice is Hillary, but apparently she's all but out of it. (Unless it's a massive fake-out. The campaign to get her named has closed down)

My second choice is Jim Webb, which I believe is *brilliant*, if I do say so myself. But he has issued the proverbial Shermanesque statement that he isn't going to do it. So I'm sort of out of inspired choices.

I didn't put the fundraiser info in as a "hint."

But I doubt Obama will announce his VP in Indiana on the night his wife is appearing at a fundraiser in Virginia with Tim Kaine and Kaine's wife.

So, IF Bayh is the VP choice -- it is unlikely to be announced on WED.

That's why I put the fundraiser info on the site.

Jeez.

Obama-Bayh.

I hope you're wrong.

#23 Jeffrey: "http://www.obamabayh08.com DOES get redirected to the DNC website...."

Yes, but I could register ieatbabiesforlunch.com and then direct it to the DNC. Would that mean that Democrats eat babies for lunch?

PS, ieatbabiesforlunch.com is free if anyone wants it.

Just an interesting observation - while obamabayh08.com does indeed link to the Democratic Party website, neither obamaclinton08.com or obamakaine08.com do. For what it's worth...

Re: Comment #18
Governor Mitch Daniels is vulnerable in his re-election campaign. Bayh's replacement could be chosen by by a Democratic Governor Jill Long Thompson.

Quick question... why is there a McCain ad in the middle of the column? I know you need advertising to support the site, but really?

O would have liked Bill Richardson, but Obama was going to have to pick a white male just to balance the ticket out.

I didn't see Hillary getting the nod. The anger still hasn't subsided in the African-American community toward Hillary over the race baiting that was done over the last few months of the primary campaign. We also saw it as arrogance that some Hillary supporters were demanding that she be selected as his running mate or else they'd bolt to McCain. That made her unacceptable as a VP pick to many people in the Black community.

There are also still people who won't vote for Hillary Clinton period and that also factored into the debate on whether to put her on the ticket or not. Don't let the primaries fool you. Much of the vote she got was driven by GOP crossover voting and some people's fear of a Black president.

Obama is well awre of the fact he's going to need an energized Black community to help him make McCain's life miserable in the Deep South, Texas and the Midwest.

Or maybe they are just discussing Obama's energy plan and his idea for new vehicles which would be manufactured in Indiana.

Just a thought.

I'm from Indiana and I certainly hope he doesn't choose Bayh - BORING!! MILKTOAST!!

Biden runs his mouth too much and all too frequently puts his foot in it

He has such better possibilities. I would suggest:
1. Dodd 2. Richardson 3. Sebelius

I guess sticking your neck out wasn't such a good idea. Amature.

What the hell is a McCain ad doing on this site?!!

Anybody notice that ObamaBayh08.com now sends you to the United Negro College Fund website rather than to the DNC's? That changed since yesterday. Looks like somebody got told to change it.