Obama has a running mate

Reaction to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's selection of Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate.

"In naming my colleague and friend Sen. Joe Biden to be the vice presidential nominee, Sen. Obama has continued in the best traditions for the vice presidency by selecting an exceptionally strong, experienced leader and devoted public servant. Sen. Biden will be a purposeful and dynamic vice president who will help Sen. Obama both win the presidency and govern this great country." — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

"There has been no harsher critic of Barack Obama's lack of experience than Joe Biden. Biden has denounced Barack Obama's poor foreign policy judgment and has strongly argued in his own words what Americans are quickly realizing — that Barack Obama is not ready to be president." — Ben Porritt, spokesman for the John McCain campaign.

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Stephanie Tubbs Jones passes away.

Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones passed away yesterday. Ms. Tubbs was the 1st African-American woman elected to the House of Representatives from Ohio and a leader in the fight against predatory lending practices. She was only 58 years of age. The cause of death is said to be a ruptured brain aneurysm that Ms. Tubbs Jones suffered Tuesday while driving her car.

Tubbs Jones, a superdelegate and Sen. Hillary Clinton supporter, was scheduled to speak on retirement at a symposium during the Democratic National Convention. Tubbs Jones, a former municipal court judge, took a lot of heat during the primary when she loyally supported Clinton despite her constituents’ support of Obama.

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