Hampton Roads: Barack Obama wrapped up a question-and-answer session with several hundred supporters in Chesapeake on Thursday night, fielding questions on topics ranging from the drug trade to mental health care and the balance between civil liberties and national security.
The Democratic presidential candidate is leaving Virginia without answering one big question, however: Will Gov. Timothy M. Kaine be his running mate? Obama is expected to announce his vice presidential choice at any moment.
In addition to Obama supporters, hordes of reporters and photographers showed up, taking up about half the floor space in the gym at Oscar Smith High School. Despite word that all tickets to the free event were gone, some people showed up hoping to get in anyway.
Earlier today, Obama appeared alongside Kaine at a campaign stop outside Richmond that concluded without the candidate publicly proposing a political marriage of the two as running mates.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Obama and Kaine Meetup in Virginia
From the local papers. Of course, Obama is still mum. He has to announce via text! If Obama is going for all the change he can get, he'll choose Tim Kaine.
