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The “Great Mentioner” Includes Oregonian McPeak’s Name on Obama’s Loooong List of Veep Possibilities


3:15 PM June 10th, 2008 by Hank Stern
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Since the “Great Mentioner” (a media phenomenon in which every political opening generates a list of people getting “mentioned” as possibilities) finally includes an Oregonian on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s list of vice presidential options, we turn to WW’s archives for more on our contender.

And here’s what we find on Merrill “Tony” McPeak, the Oregonian who’s (sorta) in a big cast of folks who Obama could take: this, this and of course this.

For an office that has its ups and downs, should McPeak even want the job?

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