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I wrote an article in which i presented my three top VP's candidates for the Democratic party. These three were Senators Joe Biden of Connecticut and Evan Bayh of Indiana, and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. Using the elimination method, i assessed the chances of my three finalists on the Economic, Foreign Policy, and National Security issues as well as their profile for change. After that analysis, i deducted that my finalists had the credentials needed to be on the Democratic ticket and were in a virtual tie. Using my sole judgment, i concluded that Senator Evan Bayh would be selected as Obama's running mate.

Today, i am able to safely confirm my previous prediction that Senator Bayh will indeed be the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee based on the following facts:

1-The Olympics games start on Friday the 8th of August. It will end the 24th of August, a day before the start of the Democratic Convention. Political logic tells us that it would be wise for a candidate to such a high office to get the maximum media coverage possible hence announce who his running mate would be before the start of such a worldwide event that the Olympics is.

2-During the week of August 4th through August 8th, the only finalist to campaign side by side with Senator Obama will be Senator Bayh.

3-On Wednesday August 6th, Senator Obama will make a campaign stop in Indiana, home town of Senator Bayh, the two Senators will campaign side by side, and Senator Obama is expected to stay longer than scheduled for an undisclosed event that "...should not be missed...." according to some inside sources in the Obama campaign.

4-The Democratic nominee has a campaign stop the same week of August 8th in Michigan. Any advised observer would agree that it would be wise to visit such a swing state with a popular son of the Midwest who has just been chosen as white house running mate.

5-The URL www.obamabayh08.com as well as obamakaine08.com and obamabiden08.com among others are taken. But, the obamabayh08.com URL when typed redirects the user to nothing else than the Democratic Party website.

After all those evidences, i believe that what i call a prediction is no more. Instead, it is a secret that more people can discover by just looking at the mentioned facts.

Remember the date this article was written, August 4th 2008, I, zoumana Coulibaly, revealed that Senator Evan Bayh will be selected as Barack Obama's running mate.

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