ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: The anxious news media has been waiting all week to find a winner in the ongoing Obama veepstakes speculation. Today we finally got one: the name - Waldman.
With reporters staked out in their front lawn night and day all week long to monitor Sen. Evan Bayh's house across the street, the three Waldman kids found a way to profit - sell lemonade to the thirsty media throng.
And boy did they make a killing.
No sooner had the stand been set up at the base of their driveway then instantly a line formed five-deep in cameramen. Location, location, location. Serving the ice-cold juice in nice pint-sized glassware, the kids quickly made a buck or two...or twenty.
The elder Waldman saleswoman, Siena, 6 (and 3/4!) said she'd use the profits to buy a walkie-talkie, but noted that it'd be "expensive."
No wonder she was charging a dollar a drink.
No matter, reporters kept on coming up to quench their thirst on an 85-degree August day in sunny Washington, DC. With such a successful business, aided by a multi-color lemonade sign resting on their table, Alexa, 5, might now be able to get herself a new Ugly Doll.
As for Lucas, 3, he's not so sure what he'll do with the money yet. Maybe an Obama-Bayh '08 t-shirt?
One thing his elder sister Siena is sure of is who she wants Obama to pick as his running mate. Asked if she hopes the Democrat's choice will be her neighbor Sen. Bayh, she responded, "Yes!"
And if Bayh is the selection, then a well-hydrated media horde will now be ready to film his every move. That is, if the kids ever stop touring their new favorite playgrounds: the television satellite trucks lining their street.
And yes, the lemonade stand sell-a-thon was all caught on camera. Hey, gotta shoot something on another slow news day...