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NEW: ‘Sen. Biden will be a purposeful and dynamic vice president,’ Clinton says

Democrat Obama picks Delaware senator as his running mate

Text message announcing Obama’s selection goes out early Saturday

Biden to appear with Obama at Springfield, Illinois, rally on Saturday

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — Thousands of supporters were expected at a Saturday rally in Springfield, Illinois, to see the debut of Sen. Barack Obama and Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as a presidential ticket.

Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, announced his selection of Biden as his running mate with a 3 a.m. text message and a statement on his official Web site.

“Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee,” the text message said.

“Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this afternoon in Springfield, Illinois — the same place this campaign began more than 19 months ago,” Obama said in an e-mail sent to supporters Saturday morning.

“I’m excited about hitting the campaign trail with Joe, but the two of us can’t do this alone,” he wrote. “We need your help to keep building this movement for change.”

Before the text messages were distributed, multiple Democratic sources confirmed to CNN early Saturday that Obama wanted the Delaware senator as his vice president. Watch Biden and Obama at 3 p.m. ET on CNN.com Live

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Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer, and actor. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. In the late 1960s, Hayes became a recording artist, and recorded successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971) as the Stax label’s premier artist. (Per wikipedia)
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Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008),[1] better known by the stage name Bernie Mac, was one of my all time favorite comedians. I can’t believe he is gone.

R.I.P. Bernie Mac