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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama mentioned on Sunday’s Meet the Press that he would pick a vice president who would “help [him] govern” and not just someone “who I send off to go to funerals”.

“I’m not interested in a vice president who I send off to go to funerals. I want somebody who is going to roll up their sleeves and be willing to work,” he said.

Following a roundtable with some of his top economic advisors on Monday, Obama headed to the office building of Eric Holder, who along with Caroline Kennedy, is in charge of the search for Obama’s vice presidential running mate.

Obama’s campaign wouldn’t comment on the meeting, but he did say the choosing a running mate would happen “soon enough”.

“I’m going to want somebody with integrity. I’m going to want somebody with independence, who’s willing to tell me where he thinks or she thinks I’m wrong, and I’m — I’m going to want somebody who shares a vision of the country where we need to go, that we’ve got to fundamentally change not only our policies, but how our politics works, how business is done in Washington,” he said.

Obama left Holder’s office building almost three hours after he arrived, and he declined to answer any questions regarding the meeting.

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