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The closer we get to an election, the more the rumors start flying.  There's an interesting rumor flying around, that in my estimation, everybody on the planet has received in the past week.

The rumor is ... around October 5, 2008, Joe Biden will drop out of the race citing personal health issues, and Hillary Clinton will cunningly (read Machiavellian) swoop in as the Democrat VP candidate to save the day!  The speculation is gaining steam ... allegedly, it's hard to find Obama/Biden merchandise at any of Obama's campaign headquarters.

This is the Chicago Political Machine going for a national election win, so who really knows?  Maybe he won't claim an illness, but a difference of opinion with Barack Obama instead.  After all, Biden is the guy who just back in August 2007 said of Obama:

"I think he can be ready, but right now I don't believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training."

In a recent interview with Meredith Vieira, Joe Biden was asked if the federal government should bailout AIG. Biden's answer was "No, the federal government should not bailout AIG."

A few days later, Matt Lauer was interviewing Barack Obama about his plan to make hard-working taxpayers responsible for bailing out AIG, an insurance company that failed in large part due to the result of government intervention.

During the interview, Obama was attempting to paint John McCain as a flip-flopper for first being against a bailout, then changing his mind in favor of a bailout. Matt Lauer then asked Obama why Joe Biden was runing around opposing the bailout, while Obama does the exact opposite.

Matt Lauer said, "It sounds like you were trying to score some political points against John McCain using his words, when your own running mate had used very similar words." Barack Obama said of Biden's comments, "I think Joe should have waited as well."

During an interview that couldn't have been softer if his Mother had asked the questions, Joe Biden talked with Katie Couric about the ad Obama's Machine has been running about John McCain being "out of touch". The ad implies that McCain doesn't know how to use a computer in an attempt to paint him as older than old.

John McCain does have trouble using a computer, but only because the injuries he suffered defending our country limit the use of his hands.  Joe Biden said of these ads to Katie, "I thought that was terrible by the way. I didn't know we did it and if I had anything to do with it, we would have never done it."

Could they be setting us up?

I don't know ... but I doubt it.  Some may believe that replacing Biden with Clinton would solidify the Obama Machine winning the White House, but I disagree.

First, I don't think Hillary would want it.  Why would she?  Hillary wants to be President, and she can run again in 4 years.  If an Obama/Clinton ticket ends up losing (especially after trying to pull such a wild trick), Hillary's political aspirations would be all but done.

Changing your VP selection a month before the election?  Talk about flip-flopping and proving your inability to make a decision!  Common sense tells you it would be political suicide.

But then again ... how many people use common sense ... rather than promises of sunshine and candy once they enter the voting booth?