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Contrary to numerous reports that John McCain has picked his running mate, the Arizona senator said Thursday that he has not yet to choose his vice presidential pick.

Asked by KDKA radio in Pittsburgh about who on his short list would get the nod, McCain said, "I haven't decided yet, so I can't tell you."

It is anticipated that McCain will reveal the pick on Friday at 11 a.m., though some speculate the pick will be revealed tonight.

McCain though did have kind words for former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R), calling him "a great American and a great leader."

"I rely on him and have for many years," McCain added.

After a week of media speculation about a rift between former president Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, fueled by some of Clinton's own comments, here's what the Obama campaign is saying about Clinton's speech at the convention last night, in which the former president stumped for Obama and drew energetic cheers from the Democratic crowd.

From a press release sent out this morning by Obama spokesman Nick Shapiro:

"Bill Clinton showed exactly why Barack Obama is ready to lead America as our Commander in Chief.

It's official--Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) is part of the campaign.

After circulating a web video to Barack Obama's backers over the weekend, hoping to garner online donations and support, early this morning Biden made his first formal, widespread pitch for campaign cash.

In an e-mail, Biden urged Obama's supporters to give $5, asking them to do anything they can and keeping with Obama's trend of collecting funds in small amounts from a large number of donors.

"The stakes couldn't be higher, and Barack and I need your help right now," Obama wrote.

In case you missed the big speeches from Wednesday night at the Democratic convention, the YouTube clips of the addresses are embedded below.

On Wednesday, Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) accepted his party's vice presidential nomination in a speech in which he criticized John McCain's foreign policy judgment. On the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, "John McCain was wrong, Barack Obama was right," Biden said.

Former President Bill Clinton declared Obama ready to serve as president. Just as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) did on Tuesday night, Bill Clinton urged the 18 million people who backed her presidential campaign to support Obama's bid without conditions.

And Sen. John Kerry (Mass.), the Democrats' 2004 presidential nominee, skewered McCain's policy shifts in a bare-knuckled address that's earning plaudits from liberal bloggers. Kerry said that the Sen. McCain from a few years ago is far different than the "Candidate McCain" of today.

Check in with the Briefing Room and TheHill.com for coverage of the final day of the Democratic convention.

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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), whose speech was bumped from Wednesday's convention program, will speak Thursday at Invesco Field instead.

A convention spokeswoman announced the move after Wednesday night's convention session.

Richardson had been scheduled to speak between former President Bill Clinton's and Sen. Joseph Biden's (D-Del.) addresses, the Associated Press reports. He'll speak after 7 p.m. ET on Thursday. A Richardson spokesman said that the governor was willing to make the switch.

Bill Clinton asked Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) to give the introduction to his dramatic speech endorsing Barack Obama for president over lunch on Tuesday.

"I'll never forget it," Meek said of the experience. He said he knew the address was important to the former president, who has been criticized by some Democrats for not doing more to support Obama.

Meek said he and Clinton asked Obama and the campaign before agreeing to have Meek, a supporter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) during the primary, give the introduction.

Clinton took some lumps during the Democratic primary from African-Americans upset with statements he made comparing Obama's victory in the South Carolina primary to Jesse Jackson's victory in the same state in 1988. The criticism pained Clinton, who has been described as the nation

Jim Messina, Barack Obama's chief of staff, said Wednesday that if John McCain continues to be a "schmuck" the Obama campaign will be able to compete just about anywhere it wants.

"Let's do some math," Messina said during an Iowa delegate breakfast in which he spoke about Obama's prospects in traditionally red states.

"If Senator McCain continues to be the schmuck he's being, we're going to play there, you know, and go tell some truth," Messina said speaking of McCain's home state of Arizona.

"The national polls don't matter to us. We don't look at them in Chicago. We focus on the 18 states we have to have to win this election," Messina added. "We care more about the enthusiasm gap in the campaign in the daily polling than we do the head-to-head."

Messina also said the Obama camp currently has 2,504 people on staff.

An adviser to Barack Obama said that the Democratic candidate is not prepared to share his plans to regulate government agencies until after he's elected. Obama told his advisers that he is not doing that because he is superstitious. He just wants to wait to see the election results first. That does not mean however that his advisers are not preparing documents and steps for after November, should he win, the source said.

- Roxana Tiron

Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden might be the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but for at least a split second Wednesday, he got confused about some very simple military terminology.

Speaking at the Democratic National Convention about Sen. Barack Obama

According to the New York Times:

Senator John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with McCain's campaign said Wednesday. He is expected to reveal his choice at a rally at a basketball arena in Dayton, Ohio, at 11 a.m.