Senator Barack Obama from Illinois, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party , announced Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate. The announcement came via text message early Saturday morning, to people who had signed up to receive the announcement on the official Barack Obama campaign website. Obama and Biden after the announcement on August 23rd Friday afternoon, several campaign officials had informed the media that the text message announcement would be distributed Saturday morning. Reportedly, the announcement would come a few hours ahead of a scheduled rally at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield , Illinois, where Obama and whoever the VP candidate would be would appear together for the first time as the Democratic ticket. Biden had been one of the top choices for being the VP candidate according to Rasmussen polls . Following his trip to Georgia, from August 17th through the 18th, he was surrounded by a lot of speculation that he would in fact be the candidate. On Thursday, Barack Obama announced that he had already made his decision, but wasn't yet stating who the VP candidate would be. On August 20th the Obama campaign reportedly sent a email to one or more news agencies with the subject being "Vice presidential...". However, the contents of the email did not state who he had picked, but instead the first line of the email was "just kidding." Joe Biden Prior to the announcement of Biden being the VP candidate, Evan Bayh , Hillary Clinton, Chet Edwards, Tim Kaine, Bill Richardson, and Kathleen Sebelius had all been reported as being on the short list.
 Barack Obama from Illinois, the of the , announced Joe Biden as his running mate. The announcement came via text message early Saturday morning, to people who had signed up to receive the announcement on the official website. Obama and Biden after the announcement on August 23rd Friday afternoon, several campaign officials had informed the media that the text message announcement would be distributed Saturday morning. Reportedly, the announcement would come a few hours ahead of a scheduled rally at the in , Illinois, where Obama and whoever the VP candidate would be would appear together for the first time as the Democratic ticket. Biden had been one of the top choices for being the VP candidate according to . Following his trip to Georgia, from August 17th through the 18th, he was surrounded by a lot of speculation that he would in fact be the candidate. On Thursday, Barack Obama announced that he had already made his decision, but wasn't yet stating who the VP candidate would be. On August 20th the Obama campaign reportedly sent a email to one or more news agencies with the subject being "Vice presidential...". However, the contents of the email did not state who he had picked, but instead the first line of the email was "just kidding." Joe Biden Prior to the announcement of Biden being the VP candidate, , Hillary Clinton, , , , and had all been reported as being on the short list.
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