Follow The Money: McCain to Pick Mitt Romney As Running Mate

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Sen. John McCain will choose businessman and former Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney as Vice President, in his bid for the White House this November, a source closely connected with the McCain campaign, who asked to remain anonymous, told us earlier this afternoon.

Though others were close in the running, the choice ultimately came down to the money–not the man. According to our source, the campaign narrowed their Vice Presidential options to Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, the two most successful opponents of McCain in the bid for the Republican nomination. But despite Huckabee’s sway with far Right conservatives and evangelical voters, Romney packs the deepest fund-raising pockets. Read More »

Al Gore (Finally) Endorses Barack Obama

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In an email sent out this afternoon, former Vice President, Oscar-winner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Al Gore endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for President of the United States. His endorsement comes long after most would consider relevant, since the choice is now down to only Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain, a Republican.

The email comes a few hours before the former VP and the Democratic Presidential hopeful take the stage together at 8:30pm [EST] in Detroit, Michigan. The rally will be broadcast live via streaming video, available at BarackObama.com.

This is definitnely a key endorsement (imagine if it went to McCain…), but it’s not like most didn’t see it coming. [BarackObama.com]

Check out the full email after the jump! Read More »

Six Signs Your Summer Fling Won’t Last

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Six Signs Your Summer Fling Won’t Last

Once your tan fades, so will the love. End it now if you’re the type who gets attached. There’s no way the two of you will make it past August. [CollegeOTR]

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UT Student Trades Out Political Signs

A UT economics senior sparked the idea for an online program that allows Hillary Clinton supporters to trade in their loyalties.

After Sen. Clinton’s resignation from the presidential race, Andre Nader, a BuildASign.com intern, introduced the idea for a promotional campaign that offers free Barack Obama signs to customers who send in their Hillary Clinton signs. Launched Friday, the program intends to consolidate support for the Democratic Party and to promote recycling.

The Austin-based online business normally sells the Obama signs for $27, but now offers them for free, when a customer sends in a Clinton sign. [Daily Texan]

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Holliday The Fastest Football Player Ever? LSU Says So

LSU this summer is touting junior wide receiver Trindon Holliday as the fastest player in college football.

Ever.

On paper, they appear to be right. The 5-foot-6 Holliday, a reserve player last year for national-champion LSU, ran a 10.02 in the 100 meters at last year’s NCAA Track and Field Championships.

Only 69 people have ever run it faster and, according to LSU, none have ever played football or were playing at the time they were clocked.

Holliday, who scored two touchdowns last season, is hoping to make the U.S. Olympic team next month. If you saw LSU play last season, you know how dynamic he can be with the ball in his hands.

“He is a football player with track ability,” Tigers football coach Les Miles told CBSSports.com. [Nashville City Paper]

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Hillary Suspends Campaign, Throws “Full Support” Behind Obama

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In a marbled speech, on a sunny afternoon, in Washington D.C. today, Sen. Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign for the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. Warnings of the wounded-but-writhing Republican machine and calls of party unity led to a climatic “Yes We Can” endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama.

Check out video of Hillary Clinton’s concession speech after the jump! Read More »

Obama’s Got 99 Problems, But a Bitch Ain’t One: Barack Secures Nomination!

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Sen. Barack Obama has secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination for President, beating Sen. Hillary Clinton in the five-month-long race. Even if he loses today’s primaries, in South Dakota and Montana, he will still have enough committed delegates to declare himself the winning candidate, according to the Associated Press count (which is the count the Hillary campaign has been using).

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Geraldine Ferraro Wishes She was Black

Geraldine FerraroGeraldine Ferraro thinks that Obama is on political easy street because he is black.

Oh Geraldine, I remember when my parents would tell stories about how you and Walter Mondale got electorally sodomized in the 1984 Presidential campaign. And here you are again, back in the limelight and trying to extend your political shelf-life.

I have to say with the utmost regret, that I agree with certain portions of what Ferraro is trying to say - it’s the way she says it that makes her a little media-whorish.

An educated person might say something like, “Obama has the charismatic benefit of being able to speak to multiple disenfranchised voter groups while maintaining a strong mainstream appeal.”

That works a lot better than, “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept,” which is what Ferraro told the media.

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Bill and Hill Get Desperate!

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First they made a photo of a bigger and blacker Obama, and now they are looking to join forces.

There are not enough cigars and interns to hold back the wave of s**t that will be spewed on Capitol Hill. Hillary and Bill Clinton are again teaming up on Barack Obama - this time saying the first-term U.S. lawmaker, whom they have derided as inexperienced, would be a strong running mate on a Democratic presidential ticket headed by the former first lady.

In hailing Obama as a possible vice president, the Clintons are reaching out to him and, perhaps more importantly, to his backers, whose support she would need to defeat Republican presidential candidate John McCain in the November election. “The Clintons are in a difficult position,” said Dennis Goldford, a political science professor at Drake University in Iowa, who has tracked the presidential race. “If she wins the Democratic presidential nomination, she would need Obama’s supporters. But she needs to be careful. If this talk of him on the ticket is seen as a cynical maneuver, it could backfire and hurt her,” Goldford said. Read More »

Daily Links: Katie Price Has Lingerie

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Katie Price Launches Lingerie Line [JustJared]

The Top 2 Things Found on The Internet Today [BestWeekEver]

Alyson Hannigan is Naked and It’s Ok [The Onion]

Adriana Lima & Karolina Kurkova Peddle Push-Up Bras [Bastardly]

K-FATASS [WWTDD]

The 12 Smuggest Pricks in Hollywood [ToplessRobot]

Cricket Player Destroys Streaker [WithLeather]

The Worst Cinematic Bands of All Time [CollegeHumor]

Clinton Ads Make Obama look like Al Jolson [Wired]

Moses was Trippin’ Balls [Breibart]

Hillary and Barack: When Attack Ads Backfire

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Many candidates running in the primaries are able to go back to their political careers nearly unscathed by the political process. It is already clear, however, that this campaign will have a lasting effect upon the political trajectories of both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

As a recent New York Times article comments, Obama’s campaign can be summed up in one word: growth. Obama’s campaign has only added to the inspirational picture portrayed through his two-bestselling books, “Dreams of My Father”, and “The Audacity of Hope”. He is compared to Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King to such an extent that some fear for his personal safety.

Clinton’s campaign, on the other hand, seems to be about mudslinging and accusations. The New York Times featured an article on Hilary’s “5-point attack” leading up to the primaries in Ohio and Texas. From attacking Obama of hypocrisy over campaign ad spending to comparing his foreign policy to that of President Bush, it’s obvious she’s decided to risk it all during these last few months. Should Hillary lose, it’s possible that her tactics during this race will haunt her political career. Read More »