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Obama's Sidekcik pick

In choosing your No. 2, just do you. My advice to Obama, short of recommending media mogul Russell Simmons as his running mate (folks are

not

ready), is to at least take a page, literally, out of Simmons' book and,

Do You!

Pick who

you

want. Pick someone serious who'll help you win, but also pick someone who you want to govern with. President Bush let himself get sandbagged with Vice President Cheney, and you see how well that worked out for him.

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