Veepstakes Tidings

CNN first reported, and I can confirm, that Barack Obama has begun calling some folks who were vetted but who didn't quite make it.

Maybe these aren't the short-listers. Maybe these are the long-listers.

In any event, Hillary Clinton has NOT been called. (There's "news" of her not-being vetted, but the New York Times reported this a while ago.)

Evan Bayh has NOT been called.

and Joe Biden has not only NOT been called, it appears that everyone associated with him as gone to ground.

And FWIW: some Bayh folks think Biden's the guy.

Also FWIW: Virginia Democrats still don't think Kaine's the guy.