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  Long list before short list for veep
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Last EditedGerald Farinas  Feb 10, 2008 12:22pm
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News DateSunday, February 10, 2008 06:20:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe Honolulu Advertiser

Yes, yes, yes, it's much too early to start thinking about running mates.

Too bad. People are doing it anyway.

And even though they won't admit it, odds are that Sens. John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are giving it at least some thought.

So, too, are people who turn up their noses at the suggestion they might be a good fit, yet secretly harbor ambitions of getting the nod.

Veepstakes speculation - always an undercurrent with a presidential election afoot - intensified this past week after Mitt Romney dropped out of the race, helping to clear McCain's path to the Republican nomination.

Already, there is a "choose Mike Huckabee" movement, an "anyone-but-Huckabee" counter-boomlet, and plenty of other names in the mix, including a slew of governors, senators and others singled out for their potential attractions related to factors such as age, geography, policies, experience and personal chemistry.

And although the Democratic nominee remains a huge question mark, there is plenty of talk about a Clinton-Obama unity ticket, or an Obama-Clinton unity ticket, as the case may be.
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