Friday, August 22, 2008

Looking at Planes it Looks Like Vice President Biden

Update 5: Biden called for a sub to teach his class tomorrow.
Update 4: Reuters says Tim Kaine and Evan Bayh are out. 
Update 3: CNN says Biden family in gear. 
Update 2: from flight blogger tying the NetJets flight (meanwhile, CNN staked outside of Biden's home):
UPDATE 8/22 8:03 PM: A few additional clues here: NetJets chief shareholder is Warren Buffett who has praised Obama and CEO Richard Santuilli is a big Democratic donor. Oh, and here's the aircraft - N863QS.

Update: I'm following Ambinder, who's twittering at the convention. He says Biden on the move. 
Original post
This from flight blogger (by way of Marc Ambinder), who is watching the Obama and McCain planes for signs. Apparently, Kerry's pick of John Edwards was revealed this way:
In 2004, a post on an aviation forum revealed Kerry's pick when someone at PIT spotted Kerry-Edwards decals being affixed to the chartered 757.

UPDATE 8/22 5:33PM: On the other side of the aisle, and maybe I'm reading too deeply into these picks, but a flightplan was just filed to Wilmington, DE (New Casltle) from Chicago, IL (Midway) on a Netjets Hawker 800. Obama has been in Chicago all day. A Delaware departure could mean Senator Biden is his number two. I figured I'd go on record here with more speculation.

This TV news site is reporting that Obama/Bayh bumper stickers have been made (some have pointed out they're too ugly to be part of the campaign). I'm not enthusiastic about Bayh.