News Roundup June 12th 2008


June 12th, 2008

Good morning Geeks. Here are some links you should check out.

- New polling data is out and it finds advantages for Obama.
* New Jersey - Quinnipiac has Obama 45% to 39% against McCain
* Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin-Madison has Obama 50% to 37% against McCain
* National - NBC/WSJ poll has Obama 47% to 41% against McCain
* Washington - Rasmussen poll has Obama 53% to 35% against McCain

* Georgia - Rasmussen poll has McCain 51% to 41% against Obama

- Details magazine has a great look at Gov. Bobby Jindal a potential running mate for Sen. McCain.

- Marc Ambinder has a look at Obama’s remaining VP vetters.

- Politico says McCain and adviser Carly Fiorina plan a virtual town hall meeting with former Clinton backers in the group Women for Fair Politics. Fiorina will also meet with them in person Thursday.

- Southern Baptists are said to still be weary of McCain. Earlier I posted that 14 Republican members of Congress say they will not endorse McCain while some Democratic members of Congress say they will not endorse Obama.

- Yesterday Clintonite James Carville dropped Al Gore’s name as a good running mate for Obama.

- Politico reports on a potential problem with largely rumored potential Obama VP candidate Senator Jim Webb, whose on the record statements about understanding the American confederacy may prove problematic with African American and liberal voters.

- The Fix has two pieces one laying out the reasons why Kathleen Sebelius should be Obama’s running mate and one laying out the reasons why she shouldn’t.

- NPR looks at Obama’s possible running mates.

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