VEEPSTAKES POTPOURRI

--Boston Globe pops the question to Rhode Island Sen. Reed and he brushes it off with "It's very flattering, but I am not interested. That's it." Story then looks at why he'd make a good Veep.

--WashTimes: Sen. Webb's prospects got a boost with the GI benefits bill passage — "a signal achievement for a freshman lawmaker that won him praise from both parties."

--Sen. Biden -- one of the most talkative Dems on the Hill -- was once terrified of public-speaking.

--Politico looks at the longshots,