Unscheduled Meeting for Obama, Veep Vetter

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Senator Obama stoked vice presidential speculation yesterday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member.

“I’m not going to tell you” any details, the smiling likely Democratic nominee told reporters after spending more than two hours inside a downtown Washington office building where attorney Eric Holder, a member of his vice presidential search committee, has offices.

Mr. Obama wouldn’t say why he visited the building or whom he saw there, and the two top aides at his side, campaign manager David Plouffe and chief strategist David Axelrod, also stayed mum.

The midmorning stop was one of at least two that weren’t on his public schedule, and aides would say only that Mr. Obama had private meetings planned while in Washington. They wouldn’t provide additional details, including whether Mr. Obama had met with Mr. Holder, a partner at Covington and Burling. The firm is just blocks from the White House that Mr. Obama hopes to occupy come January.

N.J. REPUBLICAN CLUB REMOVES OBAMA-O.J. SLOGAN

A Republican Club in New Jersey has removed a slogan from its Web site that read, “Obama loves America like O.J. loved Nicole.”

The Pemberton Republican Club had posted the slogan that referenced NFL Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in the 1994 murders of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

The Pemberton Republican Club removed the slogan after Democrats alleged racist campaign tactics.

McCAIN RESISTS VIAGRA DISCUSSION

Senator McCain prides himself on being a straight talker. But he resisted being dragged into a discussion yesterday about insurance companies that cover Viagra but not birth control products.

“I certainly do not want to discuss that issue,” the presidential candidate said when a reporter asked him about it on his campaign bus, the “Straight Talk Express.”

A few seats away was Carly Fiorina, a top McCain supporter who stirred talk about the topic at a recent Washington breakfast with reporters. The former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, discussing consumer-driven health insurance, mentioned something “I’ve been hearing a lot about from women: There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won’t cover birth-control medication. Those women would like a choice.”

Ms. Fiorina is among McCain’s most prominent female advisers, and seen by some as a possible choice to be his running mate.

Associated Press


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