If you haven't heard from Obama, Kennedy or Holder, you haven't heard anything yet. And, given that Obama keeps info air-tight until he wants to read it, I'd accord Halperin as much respect as Drudge on this issue.

Until I hear from the Obama campaign I'm not believing anything in the MSM :)

I think this is a big headfake where he's not going to roll out the VP, but roll out VP and one or two cabinet members, Biden being one of them.

The message: this is how I'll govern, and they are going to campaign with me on policy issues.

The only risk is it gives the opposition too much time to find dirt on Biden before his confirmation.

It's on The Page scroll down a bit.

The professional chatterers are not going to know who Obama selects any sooner than the thousands of Obama supporters who have signed up for the email or text message notice.

I am guessing the likes of Halperin, Clemmons, etc will end up with egg on their faces, as the choice will be someone other than who their super secret sources tell them it will be.

Biden has improved his chances of being Secretary of State, that's all. He can take trips and yap with forners abroad.

Obama has to turn the country around. A character like Biden can't execute such an undertaking.

Agreed. Haperin and co. don't get it. They's just running their mouths.

The Obama campaign has kept things extremely tight-lipped.

Nobody knows anything.

See: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/08/minutely-veep-thread-nobody-knows.html

It might very well be Biden. But like jsfox, I'm not going to believe anything until I get my text message.

Look at the polls, McCain dominates Obama in National Security. Obama is not going to close that gap in two and a half months - McCain is the brand name and Obama seems unwilling to challenge it.

On the other hand Tim Kaine's whole family is going to be at the convention - his wife, kids AND PARENTS. If I'm not mistaken, Kaine doesn't even have a speaking role yet. Of course maybe he was just hedging him bets knowing he was on the really short list.

As a side observation -

Don't you just love how the GOP can take real war hero John Kerry and turn his service, his heroism and even his injuries against him? And then, in the very next election cycle turn the honorable, but not necessarily heroic, service of John McCain into an unimpeachable brand!

So how many people have signed up for an email/text message because of all this this chattering? I think it's a great ploy--we've had this steady stream of rumors, Kaine, Bayh, now Biden. Suddenly everyone (myself included) wants to get that text message and be the first to know.

If we were playing Clue (Veep Edition), I'd call Schweitzer, at the convention, with the energy policy.

Here's a couple reasons: (1) If it was going to be this week, it would have been this morning. Why narrow the window of media attention before the convention? I don't think it's Kaine, and who else could he announce tomorrow? Thursday is too late. (2) McCain's going to announce the day after the Dem Convention, so this gives him only a couple of days if his decision might be influenced by Obama's pick. Plus, this way the media attention on VPs will overlap, which is good if Obama feels confident about a head-to-head matchup (and he better feel confident).

OK, the Schweitzer thing might be wishful thinking, but that's my guess. He's got the energy plan down pat, talks about it in a persuasive, easy to understand way, and would totally neutralize the "drill now" nonsense. And he does an end-run around the foreign policy question. He obviously knows his way around the world, but not because he's an old Washington hand. Finally, of course, he fits right in with the change theme...

Funny, I read this morning that a guy knew a guy whose sister got a text message from Obama that Gore was his pick.

Hummm.

Quite literally Mark Warner should have been the pick if he was up for it. That ticket would be beyond fantastic. My picks were Warner,Clark, or BIDEN. So I have no problems with this one.

Safe, but boring pick. I don't think Obama goes safe and boring. We shall see.

The VP pick is Clinton. Barack Obama/Bill Clinton.