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Obama arrives in South Bend amid VP speculation about Bayh
WSBT-TV Report
SOUTH BEND — Illinois Sen. Barack Obama touched down at South Bend Regional Airport more than south padre island texas 12 hours before a planned town hall meeting south in Elkhart Wednesday morning. The early arrival has sparked yet another round of rumors that he charleston south carolina plantation could be prepared to announce south carolina department of education Sen. Evan Bayh as his choice for vice president sometime soon.
Stage crews finished setting up lights and speakers late Tuesday for Obama's town all meeting at Concord High School. The Democratic presidential hopeful is expected to talk about America's energy policy and the economy during the event.
He'll share the stage at Concord with a familiar face: Bayh. But will the two also share the Democratic ticket on the November ballot?
A growing south park cartoon number of political experts are beginning to say "yes."
Obama met with his vice presidential search south jersey laser tag team in Washington, D.C. for more than three hours Monday, but had nothing to say about the process to reporters as he emerged, according to Reuters and The Associated Press.
A day later, Obama had landed in South Bend,
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and again, the press corps was left behind on the tarmac at South Bend airport, waiting without an answer once again to the question on everyone's lips: Who will be named as his running mate, and when?
The silence from the Obama camp hasn't stopped the rest of the country from talking.
From the Huffington Post to the Washington Post, columnists and curious posters are weighing in on who — and when. And for the past five days, there's been one name mentioned more than any other: Evan Bayh.
Even Las Vegas oddsmakers are sitting up to take notice.
The line on wagering websites now shows Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine at even odds to be named VP.
The biggest unanswered question is, when?
Some headlines read south beach diet recipes "Obama to name Bayh Wednesday," and they all offer the same evidence.
First, the length of the campaign stop. Obama, his campaign staff, and the national press corps are scheduled to be in the South Bend area for more than 21 hours, with no other announced events on the schedule for the day following the early morning town hall meeting in Elkhart.
Second, there's the jointly penned letter to Sec. south padre of Defense Robert Gates and subsequent press release sent by the two senators on Monday.
Then there's the sudden cancellation of Bayh's staff softball game Wednesday. The team name, in another coincidence, is the "Bayh Partisans."
There are the Web sites, www.obamabayh.com and www.obamabayh08.com, that link directly to the Democratic Party's homepage. Similar links for other rumored "VP front-runners" lead nowhere.
But the biggest theory keeping south indian movie clips the rumor mill churning goes something like this:
Obama doesn't south pacific resort want his announcement to be overshadowed by anything. Thus, he'll want to announce his pick before the Olympics start on Friday.
Will he choose Elkhart as the venue? Those close to his campaign staff aren't so sure.
"I think the chances are very slim tomorrow," said St. Joseph County Democratic Party Chairman Owen "Butch" Morgan, who also serves as Democratic Party Chairman for south park man bearpig Indiana's Second Congressional District. "I think we would have heard by now that was in the works. I hope I'm wrong. But, I don't think there's livejournal due south thacher going to hucks knives south carolina be a vice learn how to weld south florida presidential announcement [Wednesday]."
Even Senator Bayh himself tried to quell the rumors Tuesday.
According to the Indianapolis Star, Bayh said he has "no idea" when Obama hadley square movie theater south plainfield will announce his running mate.
"I'm absolutely confident there will be no announcement tomorrow. I guess the best way to put it is, If there's an announcement tomorrow, I'd be as surprised as anybody else," Bayh told the newspaper.
WSBT's calls to Bayh's communications office were not returned Tuesday.
Bayh communications director Eric Kleiman told WSBT on Sunday that, while Senator Bayh planned to attend Wednesday's meeting in Elkhart, he was unaware of any further private meetings between the south calolina department of education two. He also said he'd heard nothing of a planned announcement about Obama's running mate.
Political experts say if the announcement of Bayh doesn't come Wednesday, that doesn't mean it never will.
"One of the things modern campaigns do is float 'trial balloons,'" said Indiana University South Bend political science professor Elizabeth Bennion.
"They'll see how energized the public gets, not just in Indiana but in other states as well. The party and his campaign is, no doubt, running some polls behind the scenes to see how various vice presidential picks would increase or decrease (Obama's) chances in November. So, cable south I'm sure part of this could be that trial balloon."
Morgan agreed.
"I see 8th ave ne aberdeen south dakota it as a chance for people to see Senator Obama and Senator Bayh together. Maybe that will help Senator Obama university of south carolina make south dakota mountain his decision," he said.
Still, Bennion and others agree that there could be potential negatives if Obama chooses Bayh.
He was a staunch supporter of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign for president, and backed Obama only after she dropped out.
"You can bet the campaign is going through every word Senator Bayh said, making sure there was nothing bad said about Obama. The last thing south carolina press associatiion they want is for something to come out [that he said] once he's selected, and then it becomes a 30-second spot on TV," Bennion said.
Morgan is certain they won't find any.
"They're friends," he said. "[Bayh] spoke about Obama being a good choice for president every time he mentioned Hillary Clinton."
Bennion says there are potential positives to Bayh's selection, too.
"On the other hand, [selecting Bayh] could be seen as reaching out to the white working class or other Clinton supporters. He could help deliver those votes," she said.
One thing that likely won't play, though, south shore mall is geographic location. Obama is from neighboring Illinois.
"For many years, political scientists would teach the importance of regional balancing and looking at the ticket, not having people from the same area. But look at the Clinton-Gore ticket. Look at the Bush-Cheney ticket. That kind of went out the window. They didn't need hmgs south the same sort current event in south africa of regional balancing. It seems to be much less important than it was in days past," Bennion said.
That's led Morgan to a simple conclusion, whether it comes on Wednesday or not.
"My gut tells me there's a real good chance it's going to be Evan Bayh," he said.
There are two more likely indications that the announcement will not be made in Elkhart.
Both senators' families are not scheduled to be south knoxville church of christ there, according to the Associated Press.
Some national press south indian sex outlets are also planning south carolina state university not to broadcast the town hall meeting "live."
If the announcement doesn't come in the next two days, Bennion says, it's likely Obama will wait until the days immediately preceding the Democratic National south carolina laws Convention at the end of August.
GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., meanwhile, may still elks theater rapid city south dakota consider Indiana a "safe" state, she said.
Indiana has alltel towers in south carolina only gone to a Democratic presidential candidate once since 1936. The state's electoral votes were cast for Democrat Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
Because of that, dog south movie seven below it's been rare for presidential candidates to make campaign stops in the Hoosier state.
Bennion says that may change this year if polling data continues to show Indiana as a "swing state."
If that's higher ground south burlington vt the case, it's likely we'll be seeing a lot more of both Obama and McCain in the weeks and months latino population in south carolina ahead.
Doors for Obama's town hall event at Concord High School open at 7:30 a.m. Obama is expected to speak around 9:30 a.m. Tickets are required to attend the meeting.
You can also watch the entire event live by clicking the Web link on the front page of www.wsbt.com.
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