Barack Obama should quit floating names such as Ann Veneman, a Republican and former Agriculture Secretary with a history of standing with corporate interests, as possible veep picks and instead choose a Democrat such as retired Gen. Wesley Clark to unite the party, writes desmoinesdem. The press is finally debunking John McCain’s attacks on Obama, writes Josh Orton, who praises an MSNBC report that the Republican misinterprets Obama’s view on a “conditions-based” withdrawal from Iraq.