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When Can We Expect a VP Announcement?

By Jennn Fusion | Related entries in Veep

Historically speaking…

  • George W Bush announced Cheney as his running mate 4 days prior to the convention.
  • John Kerry announced John Edwards as his running mate 20 days prior to the convention (which was considered too long).
  • Bill Clinton announced Al Gore as his running mate 4 days prior to the convention.
  • Al Gore announced Joe Lieberman as his running mate a week before the convention.
  • George HW Bush announced Dan Quayle as his running mate ON the first day of the convention (which was considered too short notice).

Some say The Olympics schedule (July 25th - August 10th) may interfere with Obama’s announcement, stealing some of his thunder, but the Obama Camp assures us “they’ll work around it.”

Democratic National Convention: 7 weeks away (Monday, August 25th)
Republican National Convention: 8 weeks away (Monday, September 1st)


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2 Responses to “When Can We Expect a VP Announcement?”

  1. Joshua Says:
    July 9th, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    Some say The Olympics schedule (July 25th – August 10th) may interfere with Obama’s announcement, stealing some of his thunder, but the Obama Camp assures us “they’ll work around it.”

    The Olympics actually run from August 8th (don’t tell me you haven’t seen those “8-8-08″ commercials?!) through the 24th, ending just before the Dem convention gets underway.

  2. Jennn Fusion Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 11:37 am

    I heard it got bumped due to the weather??

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