2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection

none March 2021 March 2021 2008 Democratic vice presidential nomination Democratic Disc.svg primary 2004 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection 2004 2016 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection 2016 2008 08 21 Joe Biden official portrait crop.jpg Joe Biden 1E90FF Delaware Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards Joe Biden Vice presidential campaigns This article lists potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 presidential election. After Illinois Junior Senator Barack Obama became the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee on June 3, 2008,http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_delegate_count.html RealClearPolitics – 2008 Elections – Democratic Delegate Count Realclearpolitics.com 2008-09-05 Obama formed a small committee, made up of James A. Johnson (who stepped down after one week),https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/us/politics/12veep.html?scp=21&sq=%22jim%20johnson%22&st=cse Obama Aide Quits Under Fire for His Business Ties John Broder 2008-06-12 2008-08-22 The New York Times Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy, to help him select a running mate.http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/vice-president/2008/05/22/ vice president - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com Thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 2008-09-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20080828232637/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/vice-president/2008/05/22 2008-08-28 dead https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aOyXeU0jfK_4&refer=home Bloomberg Obama Picks Caroline Kennedy, 2 Others for VP Search (Update2) 2008-06-04Obama VP Vetter Tied to Controversial Mortgage Crisis http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/06/obama-vp-vetter.html?loc=interstitialskip https://web.archive.org/web/20080614162545/http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/06/obama-vp-vetter.html?loc=interstitialskip dead June 14, 2008 June 9, 2008 USA Today Veteran Democratic lawyer and advisor James "Jim" Hamilton, of the firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, later replaced Johnson in vetting candidates.https://washingtonian.com/2016/06/20/meet-dc-lawyer-helping-hillary-clinton-pick-running-mate/ Freed Benjamin Meet the DC Lawyer Helping Hillary Clinton Pick a Running Mate Washingtonian June 20, 2016 June 4, 2018 Obama strongly considered Senator Evan Bayh and governors Tim Kaine and Kathleen Sebelius, but Obama ultimately decided to select Delaware Senior Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. Obama would later name Sebelius as his Secretary of Health and Human Services, while Kaine would ultimately become Hillary Clinton's running mate in 2016. The Obama–Biden ticket would go on to defeat the Republican tickets of McCain–Palin in 2008 and Romney–Ryan in 2012. Coincidental to the presidential election, Biden was re-elected to a seventh term as senator from Delaware but later resigned after being elected Vice President. In 2020, Biden would be elected president in his own right, defeating incumbent Republican President Donald Trump. Shortlist 200px|thumb|right|Media near where Joe Biden was residing during speculation that he may be the Democratic nominee for vice president According to contemporaneous news sources, the following people were thought to be on Senator Obama's short list for Vice President:Barrett Ted June 10, 2008 Obama VP team discusses 20 possible picks CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/10/obama.vp/ 2008-06-10Kane, Murray Paul, Shailagh June 10, 2008 The '08 Veep Tour Begins The Washington Post http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/10/the_08_veep_tour_begins.html 2008-06-11Jeff Zeleny Jim Rutenberg Jim Rutenberg August 23, 2008 In Obama's Choice, a 'Very Personal Decision' The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/us/politics/24deconstruct.html September 5, 2008 Final days and announcement Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign#Obama–Biden ticket In the final days leading up to the Democratic National Convention, four individuals were left on Obama's final list for Vice President: Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, Tim Kaine, and Kathleen Sebelius. On August 22, the eve of Obama's scheduled unveiling of his running mate, NBC News reported that Bayh and Kaine had been informed that they were not chosen.August 22, 2008 Sources: Bayh, Kaine out of Obama VP race – Barack Obama News – NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26336195 September 5, 2008 NBC News Last minute controversy emerged as it was learned that Senator Hillary Clinton was never vetted for the position, when it was earlier thought that Sen. Barack Obama would consider her as he previously stated in various private and public reports.Mike Allen Hillary gets stiffed – Politico.com Print View http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=EB0D720F-18FE-70B2-A89836AC470A50AD dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080904210814/http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=EB0D720F-18FE-70B2-A89836AC470A50AD September 4, 2008 September 5, 2008 Dyn.politico.com This led to several questions as to whether Clinton supporters would feel betrayed and would defuse the intensity in "dream ticket" scenarios. That night, ABC News reported that the U.S. Secret Service had assumed protection of Biden, which was seen as a sign that he had been chosen as Obama's running mate.Jake Tapper Ann Compton Matt Jaffe Jay Shaylor August 22, 2008 U.S. Secret Service on Way to Biden's House; Kaine and Bayh Told Nope on Veep http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/us-secret-servi.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080905115855/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/us-secret-servi.html September 5, 2008 September 5, 2008 Blogs.abcnews.com Political Punch Just hours later, the Associated Press broke the news that Democratic Party officials had confided that Obama had in fact selected Biden as the vice-presidential nominee.McCain taps Alaska governor for VP – Yahoo! News https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/veepstakes;_ylt=AjGbUgn_I1l0zlRhA3K64_ms0NUE dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080911184722/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/veepstakes September 11, 2008 September 5, 2008 News.yahoo.com Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe later wrote in his book The Audacity to Win, which was published in November 2009, that Bayh had been a "coin toss" away from becoming Obama's running mate. Plouffe and David Axelrod had interviewed the finalists and Plouffe said that Bayh's answers were "substantively close to perfect, if cautiously so." He recalled that at the time of the interview he thought to himself, "there's no way this guy will color outside the lines... Bayh's up side and down side are probably the closest spread of the three", compared to Biden, who could "reach higher heights but could cause us real pain." As Obama approached a decision, he told Plouffe "it's a coin toss now between Bayh and Biden, but Kaine is still a distinct possibility." On August 17, Obama told Axelrod simply, "I've decided. It's Biden."November 1, 2009 Bayh was about a 'coin toss' away from being veep, book says http://archive.indystar.com/article/20091101/NEWS05/911010340/Bayh-about-coin-toss-away-from-being-veep-book-says October 10, 2014 IndyStar.com October 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016193952/http://archive.indystar.com/article/20091101/NEWS05/911010340/Bayh-about-coin-toss-away-from-being-veep-book-says deadNovember 1, 2009 Sen. Bayh lost 'coin toss' for VP slot – Legislative notebook http://www.courierpress.com/news/local-news/sen-bayh-lost-coin-toss-for-vp-slot October 10, 2014 Evansville Courier & Press It was later reported that Obama told Kaine, in breaking the news to him, "You are the pick of my heart, but Joe [Biden] is the pick of my head".https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/us/politics/biden-obama-history.html Obama and Biden's Relationship Looks Rosy. It Wasn't Always That Simple. Glenn Thrush The New York Times August 16, 2019 In 2020, Obama wrote in his memoir A Promised Land, a slightly different account of the selection, not mentioning Bayh and stating that he had ultimately narrowed down the choice for his running mate to two individuals – Kaine and Biden. He stated "At the time, I was much closer to Tim".Obama Barack A Promised Land 2020 Viking Great Britain 978-0-241-49151-5 162 However, Obama recalled that he and his advisers Axelrod and Plouffe wondered if voters would accept a ticket of "two relatively young, inexperienced, and liberal civil rights attorneys" and ultimately Obama felt the contrast between him and Biden was a strength, and that Biden being older than Obama would reassure those voters who were concerned that Obama was too young to be president.Obama Barack A Promised Land 2020 Viking Great Britain 978-0-241-49151-5 164–165 Kaine would later be selected by Hillary Clinton in her 2016 presidential campaign, losing to businessman Donald Trump and Indiana governor Mike Pence. On August 23, 2008, via text message, the Obama campaign announced that the then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee chose Senator Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate.http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/welcomejoe?source=feature_biden Barack Obama – Change We Can Believe In – Share your personal welcome note My.barackobama.com September 5, 2008 March 5, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031105/https://my.barackobama.com/page/s/welcomejoe?source=feature_biden dead The selection was well received by both the public and by political analysts, who largely agreed that Biden's lengthy Senate career and foreign policy experience complemented Obama's youth.Cook Charlie Biden Pick Means Obama Means Business https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/biden-pick-means-obama-means-business The Cook Political Report August 24, 2008 Media speculation on possible candidates Members of Congress Governors Other individuals Denied interest See also Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign 2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Democratic National Convention List of United States major party presidential tickets References 2 Notes Category:Democratic Party (United States) vice presidential nominees Category:2008 United States presidential election vice presidential candidate selection, 2008 Category:Mark Warner Category:Joe Biden Category:Tim Kaine Category:Evan Bayh Category:Chris Dodd Category:Al Gore Category:John Edwards Category:Barack Obama Category:Vice presidency of Joe Biden Category:Bill Richardson Category:Wesley Clark Dodson buildings Category:Hillary Clinton Category:Eric Holder Category:United States Senate career of Joe Biden