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Sen. Barack Obama called some people on his shortlist for the vice presidential slot Thursday night to tell them he had not selected them as a running mate, a highly placed Democratic Party source said.
Sen. Barack Obama says he has decided on his running mate but is not yet ready to reveal the name.
The source did not say which people got the call.
Obama has told some other potential running mates over the last few weeks that he would not be choosing them.
Obama is expected to appear at a rally Saturday with his vice presidential choice in Springfield, Illinois.
The presumptive Democratic nominee is at home Friday in Chicago, Illinois, with no public events planned before launching a string of rallies with his running mate ahead of the Democratic National Convention next week in Denver, Colorado.
Obama said Thursday that he had made his decision but declined to give any further details.
“I won’t comment on anything else until I introduce our running mate to the world,” he told reporters in Emporia, Virginia. “That’s all you’re going to get out of me.”
It’s unclear when the campaign will announce the vice presidential choice via text message to supporters
Meanwhile, the top contenders for Obama’s No. 2 spot are staying mum on the selection process as the vice presidential guessing game enters its final hours. 
Watch Obama say he’s made his choice »
Most of this week’s buzz has been around Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine.
Kaine on Thursday dodged all questions, telling CNN’s John Roberts he’d have to plead the Fifth on anything related to the selection process. Watch Kaine weigh in on the “veepstakes” »
“You’re just going to have to hear from the campaign, and they’ll make the announcement when they’re ready,” he said on CNN’s “American Morning.” See who’s in the running
The first-term governor also would neither confirm nor deny reports he was being vetted, but he said he was flattered to be mentioned as a contender.
“My mom in Kansas City loves it when someone will talk about me as VP,” he said.
Other candidates enjoying VP buzz have largely gone underground: Biden has avoided any lengthy interviews. Bayh also has kept private — at least as much as he can with reporters staked outside his home. Watch panelists weigh in on top VP contenders »
A dark horse contender, Sen. Hillary Clinton, re-entered the conversation this week following a poll indicating that nearly half of her supporters have yet to embrace Obama.
The Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll out Wednesday night shows that 52 percent of Clinton supporters said they will vote for Obama. Twenty-one percent favor Republican John McCain, while 27 percent are undecided or say they will vote for “someone else.”
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
The former first lady was considered one of the top VP contenders shortly after she ended her White House run in June, but rumors of lingering tension between the former rivals and word that her name would be placed in nomination at the convention are partially to blame for kicking her out of the top tier among political observers.
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader said Clinton is the smart choice because she is the only person who would help Obama get more votes.
“And if he’s going to say, ‘One people, one nation,’ he can raise the banner of unity with her as his vice presidential running mate,” he said Thursday on “American Morning.”
Nader also told the Politico Web site that Obama wouldn’t be “that dumb” to pick Bayh or Biden to be vice president.
Other big names thought to be in the running include retired Gen. Wesley Clark, Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Rep. Chet Edwards of Texas, Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, former Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
Source: CNN
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This 2008 National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit–a meeting of ideas, solutions, innovations and connections– is in New Orleans, Louisiana–America’s European masterpiece, a city of style and taste, the birthplace of jazz, July 22 - 26, 2008.
You’ll “want to be in that number” when thousands of legislators and staff gather in New Orleans at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for the most important conference of the year.
For more information, click on 2008 NCSL Legislative Summit
The House did little work Tuesday but prepared to move forward with veto overrides today. That’s where Republicans come into play.
House Democrats can override reduction vetoes Blagojevich made with just their own party votes. But they need Republican help to restore some of the deeper line-item cuts.
Republican lawmakers want to see what Democrats plan to restore before deciding how to vote, but they have major doubts.
“I would say it doesn’t matter either way I vote because it’s not real anyway,” said Rep. David Leitch, R-Peoria. “So I could vote yeah, I could vote no. So what? Because it’s all a spin game right now.”
The GOP faces both a political and policy dilemma.
Democrats approved the budget in May without any help from Republicans, who complained that spending was far ahead of money to pay for it. It’s foolish for them to step in and help Democrats fix a budget problem they didn’t support in the first place, GOP lawmakers say.
“On the last minute you’re going to throw yourself under the train and be part of some mess that you haven’t been part of before? That will be very difficult for most of my colleagues,” said Rep. Dan Brady, R-Bloomington.
But saying no to substance abuse treatment centers, foster care parents and other providers hit hard by the governor’s cuts isn’t easy, especially in an election year.
House Republicans announced a new “Agenda for Action” Tuesday. It provides a seven-point platform — ranging from true balanced budgets to tough anti-corruption laws — to entice voters to put the GOP back in charge of the chamber in November.
That’s a tall task. Democrats now have a 67-51 advantage and are trying to build a 71-vote supermajority. Both sides know how legislators vote this week will be used in the upcoming elections.
“I guess I’m just surprised that they are as reluctant to participate in this endeavor as they seem to be,” Currie said.
Another issue is how the cuts are handled, this week and beyond.
Rep. Gary Hannig, D-Litchfield, said Democrats plan to bring up requests from both parties’ lawmakers to restore funding for certain programs and let the House decide their fate.
“Whether they’ll prevail is a matter of whether or not they can convince their colleagues that it’s important to move forward and override the governor,” Hannig said.
Republicans say it’s unfair to force legislators to pick and choose which cuts should be restored now, especially since lawmakers could always come back this fall and do more.
“We ought to be looking at the total package, not playing politics where we’re going to do mine but we’re not going to do yours,” said Rep. Raymond Poe, R-Springfield.
Senate President Emil Jones, D-Chicago, made it clear last week he doesn’t intend to bring his chamber back to take up vetoes until November unless the House passes more money to pay for them.
Democrats say Jones might change his mind after seeing what the House does this week. Republicans see it as more posturing and gamesmanship.
“In the end, who cares? This is not real,” Leitch said.
Also Tuesday, a House committee advanced a plan to help Illinois resolve part of the capital construction dispute.
The state would receive about $1.8 billion in highway construction and mass transit money under the plan, with $360 million in state borrowing to be paid back with gasoline tax revenue.
Blagojevich and others have repeatedly warned $9 billion in federal transportation cash could be lost if lawmakers don’t approve a new capital program soon. House Democrats say this plan would capture the dollars facing immediate jeopardy.
Source: State Journal Register, Springfield, IL - The Oldest Newspaper in IL
CHICAGO (AP) _ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama called on two potential running mates and a host of foreign policy experts Wednesday as he pushed his agenda for Iraq and his views for U.S. foreign policy elsewhere.Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., were scheduled to join Obama for a national security roundtable at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.
“Sen. Obama understands that the threats we face in a 21st century go far beyond the wars of today,” the Obama campaign said in a statement. “In order to be fully prepared, we must begin to implement effective strategies now that reduce the risk of three particularly catastrophic events — a nuclear attack, a biological attack or a cyber attack.”
The event continued the buildup for Obama’s upcoming visit to Iraq and Afghanistan. He also plans to visit Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and Britain during his overseas trip. Visiting Purdue also brings Obama back to Indiana, a pivotal electoral state.
Bayh has demurred when asked about running on a ticket with Obama. Nunn, a defense expert, is viewed as a senior statesman who could offset the relative youth of Obama, a freshman senator.
Also expected to join the discussion at Purdue were Graham Allison, a nuclear nonproliferation specialist and former dean of the Kennedy School of Government; two specialists on bio security, Tara O’Toole of the Center for Bio Security at the University of Pittsburgh and Dr. David Relman of Stanford University Medical School; and two cyber security specialists, Paul Kurtz, a former senior member on the National Security Council and Homeland Security Council, and Alan Wade, former chief information officer for the CIA.
Source: Chicago Tribune Newspaper
