Boots and Sabers (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
Some Clinton supporters aren’t so happy with how the VP selection process went down. A top Clinton advisor also told CNN they were “outraged,” over how the process was conducted. “You can’t put [Obama VP vetters] Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy on an hour plane ride to Chappaqua just to check the box? They should have done it just for the optics,” this person said. “Barack never even said to her,...
USA Partisan (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
As an “ordinary American,” I sincerely question whether Barack Obama has the judgment to be president. His lack of judgment in choosing Eric Holder as a top adviser on his campaign -- the man partly responsible for pardoning terrorists who proudly claimed responsibility for my father’s murder -- serves as primary evidence supporting that judgment. Full Article ...
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli reports that upon leaving a meeting with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke , Barack Obama headed directly for veep vetter Eric Holder 's Washington office ... He's there now.
First Read (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
From NBC/NJ's Mike MemoliObama again visted veep vetter Eric Holder's office. Reporters following the candidate spotted him walking into Holder's downtown DC office building this afternoon. Obama was at the office yesterday as well....( read more )
Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Marc Ambinder reports today that discussion about a Vice-Presidential running mate for Barack Obama has apparently narrowed to four people: The following three Democrats are being vetted by Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy and there is independent evidence that Obama is taking a serious look at them: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Evan Bayh. Additionally, allies [...]
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
The following three Democrats are being vetted by Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy and there is independent evidence that Obama is taking a serious look at them: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Evan Bayh. Additionally, allies of Sen. Joe Biden say that he is under serious consideration, although he is not being subjected to the same level of vetting. The huffing and puffing over Kaine...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Obama headed into the office building of VP vetter Monday. (CNN) – In a sign Barack Obama may be moving closer to selecting a running mate, the Democratic presidential candidate was spotted Monday heading into the Washington office building of his top VP vetter, Eric Holder Following a roundtable with some of his top economic advisors, Obama [...]
First Read (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
From NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger and Carrie Dann THE SHORT LIST. Obama traveled Monday afternoon to the Washington office of Eric Holder, his vice presidential search committee chair. Campaign manager David Plouffe also joined him Monday on the road, a rare occurrence. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine “has emerged as one of the campaign’s potential finalists” for vice president, Politico says. McCain told donors...
The Democratic Daily (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
NBC News notes that Sen. Barack Obama is joined in Washington, D.C. today by top aides David Plouffe, David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs. In addition, his vice presidential search team leaders, Caroline Kennedy and Eric Holder, are also in D.C. today. Could a decision on Obama’s running mate be near? “The convergence of all the senior staff [...]
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Per the protective pool with the candidate, Obama is once again at the law firm of Eric Holder , head of his vice presidential search committee ... (NBC/NJ's MIKE MEMOLI )
The Opinionated Bastard (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Today, The Miami Herald reports of mounting pressure on Barack Obama from Cuban exiles over two campaign advisers tied to the Elian Gonzalez fiasco, Eric Holder and Greg Craig: Greg Craig, a foreign policy advisor, represented Elian's father in the custody battle that ended with the boy being sent back to Cuba. Eric Holder, a member of Obama's vice presidential search committee, served as deputy attorney...
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
The Associated Press reports that Covington & Burling¹s Washington office had a high-profile visitor this morning. Sen. Barack Obama made a surprise stop at the firm before making his way to Capitol Hill. Covington partner Eric Holder Jr. is a...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Holder, right, and Caroline Kennedy are heading up Obama's VP search. (CNN) — Barack Obama made a surprise stop Wednesday morning at the Washington, DC law firm of his top VP vetter, Eric Holder. Campaign aides declined to say exactly why the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee made the unscheduled stop, including whether Obama was specifically meeting with [...]
Wake Up America (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Barack Obama's vetting team started asking potential running mates for information and documents to vet through for Obama to choose who he wishes on the ticket with him. Jim Webb refused, stating he did not want the position. Recently Caroline Kennedy and Eric Holder were given the task of vetting potential running mates for Barack Obama and in a sign that the vetting process has begun, they have begun...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
The RNC has been pushing hard to keep the name of Obama's second appointment to the VP vetting committee, Eric Holder, in the headlines.
