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A Pena says : May 16, 2008 at 7:49 pm
I would be happy to vote for an Obama/Edards, Obama/Bill Richardson ticket. If I’m saddled with Obama/Clinton the only way I’d vote for Obama is if John McCain chose Dick Cheney as his running mate and then I’d probably just stay home.

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