Word: vetters
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...year. So I called a person who has vetted vice-presidential candidates for past nominees and asked him to vet me. Because of the sensitive nature of his work, he requested that he remain anonymous-and that I not give him a stupid fake name like Eddie Vetter. Some people learned a different kind of lesson from Watergate...
...second miscalculation is a bit more obscure, but will also have ramifications through the summer and perhaps beyond. After Obama's preferred veep-vetter, Jim Johnson, stepped down because of questions about possibly preferential mortgages he received, Obama's campaign put a target on the back of A.B. Culvahouse, the top veep-hunter in the McCain camp. While it is true that Culvahouse has done work for Fannie Mae and Lockheed Martin, he is also one of the few Republicans in Washington that Democrats trust, and even turn to for help because of his sound political and legal judgment...
...sounded exasperated more than anything else. "I mean, this is a game that can be played," he told reporters Tuesday in St. Louis, Mo. "Everybody who is tangentially related to our campaign, I think, is going to have a whole host of relationships. I would have to hire a vetter to vet the vetters. I mean, at some point, you know, we've just asked people to do their assignments...
...best opportunity to close the gap at the onset of the third frame. Harvard began the final period on the powerplay and came out with a renewed intensity, crashing the net and trying to force the puck past Wisconsin goaltender Jessie Vetter.But the Badgers defense held up, and Vetter proved herself impenetrable the net, stopping every Crimson advance.“[The Harvard skaters were] playing for their lives at that point,” Johnson said. “They came at us hard and Jesse came up with some really nice saves there.”After Wisconsin...
...part,” Badgers coach Mark Johnson said in his post-game comments. “It’s unfortunate somebody had to lose the hockey game.” The one score ended a classic goalie’s duel between Martin and Wisconsin junior Jessie Vetter, who each maintained shutouts through more than two games’ worth of hockey. Martin made a school-record 67 saves in the best performance of her young career, keeping the Crimson in a game in which it was outshot nearly two to one. Vetter prolonged a personal NCAA scoreless...