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Dem. officials: Obama begins search for V.P. :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama
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WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and John McCain have begun taking quiet but purposeful steps toward choosing their running mates, fresh signs that the Democratic nomination fight is over and the presidential race is rapidly moving toward the Obama-McCain general election matchup. (article 1) Dem officials: Obama begins search for V.P. WASHINGTON Democratic officials say Barack Obama has begun a top-secret search for a running mate. (article 2) Democratic officials said Thursday the party's likely nominee has asked former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson to begin vetting potential vice presidential picks. (article 2) Republican insiders see the bitter criticism in Scott McClellan's memoir, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, as payback for his abrupt firing as White House press secretary in the spring of 2006. (article 5) Removing Warner from the campaign for the seat now held by retiring Republican Sen. John Warner (no relation) would turn a sure Democratic takeover to a question mark. (article 6) Mark Warner is heavily favored against the Republican nominee, former Gov. Jim Gilmore, but no substitute Democratic candidate is at hand. (article 6) A recent secret survey of the House Republican minority by the party's whip organization showed 2-1 opposition to imposing a moratorium on earmarks. (article 3)

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    1. National Government, Michael Bloomberg, Delaware - (baltimoresun.com, 06/02/2008, 184 words)
    2. Dem. officials: Obama begins search for V.P. :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 453 words)
    3. House GOP giving up on earmark crackdown :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Robert Novak (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 635 words)
    4. Backers say Hillary can still find path to victory... (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 618 words)
    5. McClellan's mom predicted his payback :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Robert Novak (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 651 words)
    6. Former Gov. Warner eyed as Obama V.P. :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Robert Novak (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 621 words)




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