Obama keeps world guessing on VP pick

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

CHICAGO (AFP) — Democrat Barack Obama stoked furious speculation by holding fire on his running mate announcement, on a day of intrigue also featuring barbed attacks on his Republican rival John McCain.

A long-awaited text message unveiling Obama's vice presidential pick will be sent Saturday morning, a few hours before a campaign event scheduled in Springfield, Illinois, US television networks NBC and Fox reported.

NBC cited unidentified sources as saying that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine had been informed they are out of the running, leaving one top contender, Delaware Senator Joseph Biden, still going strong in the speculation stakes.

The Illinois senator's campaign meanwhile hurled new blows against his multiple-home-owning...

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