Fri
Aug 22 2008
11:50 am
By: R. Neal
Checking for my O-mail. Nope. Even checked the spam folder.
Gotta give Obama's campaign huge credit for dominating the news cycle over the past couple of days. Nicely played.
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Can't confirm anything
Enough of the flood of Obama / Harmon speculation. I can't confirm anything at this time ;)
Mark Harmon
Awesome choice!
I think Becky will make a great VP.
;)
I thought someone would leak
I thought someone would leak it early and voted so in the poll. I guess I was wrong.
At least the campaign is showing some discipline.
Wait, a message:
Spam?
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.