Potential running mates for Obama

May 23, 2008

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Those familiar with Barack Obama's thinking on whom he might select as a running mate are not speaking publicly -- or privately, for that matter. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, has not been ruled in or out.
Still, there is no shortage of names floating around political circles. Among them are two erstwhile presidential contenders who since have endorsed Obama: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, the party's 2004 vice presidential nominee.

Others mentioned include Govs. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Janet Napolitano of Arizona, Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and Ted Strickland of Ohio; and Sens. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware (who also ran for president), Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jim Webb of Virginia. Former Sens. Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Sam Nunn of Georgia have also been mentioned, as has retired Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark.

Los Angeles Times