IN Residents Join the Veepstakes Game

From today's Obama pool report, courtesy the WSJ's Christopher Cooper. Obama and IN Sen. (and speculative running-mate contender) Evan Bayh were making the rounds at a Schoops Hamburgers in Portage, Indiana.

Obama and Bayh came in the front, turned right and started working the booths, ropeline style. Obama passed a table of steelworkers and reached beyond them. A bulky steelworker, a local named Tony Capriglione, shouted out at Bayh, "you get a job offer yet?"

The table fell out laughing. Bayh shifted his eyes with mock stealth and discomfort. "Shhhh," he said, walking his eyebrows in Obama's direction.

Then a lady in a pink shirt got in on the fun. "He your vice president?" She shouted at Obama. He chuckled and pretended like he was going to ignore her. "I haven't made a decision about my vice president yet," he said over his shoulder.

-- Evie Stone

5:50 PM ET | 08- 6-2008 | permalink

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