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Fri 08 Aug 2008Obama to name his VP choice tomorrow
US:BARACK OBAMA has promised to reveal his choice of vice-presidential running-mate in a text message to supporters before a joint appearance in Springfield, Illinois tomorrow and before the media hears the news.
This pledge and the Obama campaign's legendary, leak-free discipline has not stopped the press from plunging into a frenzy of speculation about the identity of the nominee, most of it based on nothing more substantial than reading tea leaves.
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