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Title: The running mate: when Barack Obama tapped Delaware senator Joseph Biden to be his vice president, he made a good move for gay rights.
Author: Julie Bolcer
Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 7, 2008
Publisher: Regent Media
Issue: 1016 Page: 36(2)
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
Citation Details
Title: The running mate: when Barack Obama tapped Delaware senator Joseph Biden to be his vice president, he made a good move for gay rights.
Author: Julie Bolcer
Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 7, 2008
Publisher: Regent Media
Issue: 1016 Page: 36(2)
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
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AS ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED announcements in recent political history dragged into late August, there was no shortage of debate over whom Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama should choose as his running mate. Among the top contenders was Virginia governor Tim Kaine, who's shown a tepid approach to gay rights, and Evan Bayh, an Indiana senator with stronger equality credentials but a reputation for blandness. (New York senator Hillary Clinton was a serious long shot, though a choice that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani subsequently deemed a "no-brainer.")
