Clinton.  Or maybe Schweitzer.  Or Kaine.  Yeah, one of them.  Or maybe he's been working on Warner?  Yeah, lets just keep right on tossing names out like we had any idea.

...we'd probably know. Unless it was someone famous who requires no intriduction.

But I'm still glad McCain gave the Obama campaign some much needed political gold.

I'm starting to think it's going to be Clinton.

Not Biden.  Obama hint today suggests economics and someone with whom he will disagree at times.

Obama said he wanted somebody who is "prepared to be president" and who will be "a partner with me in strengthening this economy for the middle class and working families."

He said he was looking for not just a partner but a sparring partner. "I want somebody who's independent, somebody who can push against my preconceived notions and challenge me so we have got a robust debate in the White House."

Clinton?  Bayh?  Sparring partner?  

My guess is that (and I have nothing to base it on) scheduling Tim Kaine last in this mini-whirlwind is sort of throwing Kaine a bone, getting him some last second national publicity whereas guys like Biden/Bayh/Richardson have more national recognition.

I think this has been Biden's to lose for awhile.  I'm sticking with Biden being the nod here, as we have Minner to put another Dem in there, and Biden is coming off a high profile foreign policy visit, thus giving Obama a good thrust to the McCain counters on FP and experience.

In a for fun scenario - if it's Obama/Biden, I'd guess

SecState - Richardson
SecDef - Clark?  Nunn?

I wonder what Cabinet slot Kaine gets.  To be honest, if went the Moore route of Caroline Kennedy, I think I would be intrigued.  That said, I don't expect that.

Of course, the counter might be that he had such a superb meeting with Kaine that solidified things, but I doubt it.

Jerome's secret sources are pretty awesome.  Mine tell me it will not be Mike Gravel.  Whose sources are superior?

I've always been skeptical of arguments that attempt to divine the VP choice based upon convention schedules, for the simple reason that if the VP decision were factored into the schedule already, a lot more people would have to be in the know (meaning it would get leaked).  Rather, I assume they'll just take 5 minutes to reshuffle the convention schedule if need be.

If I must make a prediction, here is mine.

Daschule no, Reed, a dark horse maybe.

Come on Obama, throuw me the big fat curve ball.

I still have heard NO downside to Wes Clark.

Give me the General, and I will forget about all the miserable polls.

FWIW, Kristol on RCP speculates that it will be Reed. I assume that dooms his shot at VP. ;)

you know what I can't wait for?

When this announcement is over.  I'm more curious about the makeup of his Cabinet than I really am about VP in all honesty.

Not Kaine or Sebelius:

http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/arc hives/2008/08/scratch_two_fro.html

I am watching Cnn, and I better get my text first.

"Any minute" as in very, very soon, or "any minute" as in any time from now until Saturday?

I hope and pray it is Clinton.

Whoever it is, they better not have more than one house.  Preferably a cozy bungalow, or better yet a van down by the river.

Why would they ruin this great coverage of "Nine-Houses" McCain by taking the media's attention away from it?

VP choice probably not coming today because of the McMansion story... I'm guessing that Obama would like this to saturate the airwaves before he announces his choice.  My guess is that it was originally going to come tonight, but will now probably come Saturday morning just before the event.

If it were to come tonight, though, it'd probably be by 6PM.

Obama appears to state that he wants someone to be (1) Low Profile, (2) Complement his strengths (in other words be experienced), (3) Be able to disagree with him (Conservative wing of the party).

Of the major candidates mentioned, Evan Bayh fits the profile best.

"1) Low Profile, (2) Complement his strengths (in other words be experienced), (3) Be able to disagree with him"

Gotta to be Gravel folks. Turn Alaska Blue!

I don't think it will be any of the so-called frontrunners (as if there the media has any idea who the true VP frontrunners are).

My left-field guesses:

Sen. Jon Tester of Montana
Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio

Both of them reinforce the ticket in important ways, without giving the Republicans ammo.   And of course their electoral benefits are immediately obvious, unlike Biden's or Sebelius'.

the fact that he's out of the country really put an end to that speculation?

from a TV news/newspaper perspective ---- the ideal time to announce was this morning

Saturday MSM is usually a poor newsday but Friday and Sunday are usually great, so an announcement tomorrow (which would be geared for Sunday Talk shows and post Olympic news would really limit Obama to Sunday and the preconvention hoopla)

I'm still betting on Biden, he fits well with many demographics but more importantly he's a great campaigner

Where is the mention of "low profile"?

- Matt

Which makes me think we won't see the Txt until all the Sat papers hit the press.

Then the Sunday newspapers and Sunday shows will be buzzing with the VP.

Friday would be a dumb day to roll it out. So it was today or Saturday. And I think it's gonna be Saturday.

I give them this the many houses is political gold but they should have steered it towards this man is so rich he doesn't know how many houses, cars, boats etc he has.

Anything to stay AWAY from houses.

Lugar would be ridiculous...

Isn't the fact that Clinton challenged him during the primary mean that it could be her?

And I'm not saying she necessarily my top choice, but it seems like his chatter about it doesn't exclude Clinton.

I'm just sayin'

There's zero chance that Obama's going to name a Republican, or any other conservative (Dem or Repub). Here's why:

1. He wants our money.

2. He needs our money.
   
3. He won't get our money.
   
4. He's announcing via text message to us, and he won't do something for us that would also serve to fire us up in a negative way.

His pick will be someone who is well received, more or less, by his grassroots campaign contributors. A populist of some kind.

As a life long Democrat resident of Indiana, I would rather have Lugar than Bayh.

she'll have to cancel the speech she is scheduled to give on Sunday in Fresno, CA before a Hispanic group.  She's going to be in New York tomorrow but her schedule is free on Saturday.

I don't see why Obama had to stretch out this entire week for Joe Biden; did Biden need a couple days of rest back from Georgia?  All it did was ram up speculation about HRC, which is risky as hell.

I'm not sure Obama intended this through his words about the VP selection, but suddenly CNN is all "Hillary, Hillary, Hillary."

It's been awhile.

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my veep picks of the media choices (one's the media says are on the short list)

1.  Joe Biden.  foriegn policy, fighter, don't have to worry about him looking to 2012.  just make sure he doesn't do any gaffes.

2.  Evan Bayh.  regional similar ages, reinforces generational shift ala bill Clinton (bill-dawg!).  moderate with gov and foriegn policy experience.

3.  kaine.  meh.  i'd take sebilius over him if i wasn't terrified of clinton supporter backlash.

veep choices of possibilities not talked about in media (ya know, the ones most likely to get it :P)

1. daschle.  former majority/minority leader.  faced tough races, no stranger to a national stage.  experience in spades, midwest appeal, could make sd MORE competetive. GO YOTES!

2. Hillary (Hill-cat!  meant to be  positive nickname).  it would heal the party, bring back oh/fl, solidify pen/mich.  more importantly, her attention to details will help both in office and on the campaign trail.  plus she'll be able to go negative for him (as any veep is expected to do).  i think (as does my neighbor) that this could happen.  he's using the rolecall vote as a way to say i got the most delegates, but look how close she was.  we had catharsis, now it's time to join together and defeat the greater evil.  

FU-SION- HA!!

3.  Bill Richardson.  gen thing like bayh, but reinforces change.  gubernatorial, house, foriegn policy experience.  only X-factors, clnton backlash?  backlash by the REALLY nuuty anti-immigration people?  are te stories of him being a womanizer true?  (if so, replace with Reed)

In past years, I've seen campaigns drag prospective veeps around in front of the press and the crowds. In 1988, Dukakis was in Ohio and said "wouldn't John Glenn be a great Vice President?" And of course we don't need to get into Jesse Jackson. Obama has not gone out of his way to squash rumors, but this vetting is very well run at least in terms of keeping mum. If we win, Caroline may deserve a place in the Obama Administration.

That means no Hagel and no Lugar. To blur the ideological party lines is one thing but to actually choose a Republican and make it Republican-lite is to take Daschle-ization to the extreme. Clinton, Biden and Bayh are good choices and the rest are soporific.

has turned this into such a huge media game, building it up daily, hints and silliness, anyone who does not make the masses go WOW...will be a dud  And right now, imo, the only WOW people are Hillary or a rethug.

It's his own doing.......

He's always been my favorite Republican. Something about him puts me at ease. I disagree with him on plenty, but he's a solid guy and qualifies as a moderate in today's GOP.

But no ticket has crossed party lines since 1864 (Lincoln/Johnson). I just don't see it happening, unless Lugar actually switched parties.

but now it looks like Hillary. I've been seeing people posting on various sites with what seems reasonably credible info that the text message will go out tomorrow.

For the record I will stick with Gephardt, but the Hillay scenario makes more sense all the time.

The Watson post saying how it has to be Clinton is pretty silly.  Polls have shown that Obama is not underperforming among the working class, nor is he underperforming among whites.  The Bradley Effect is apparently an artifact of the 1980's, since Obama overperformed the polls in most primaries.  

He and his campaign have made alot of good decisions to get to this point - it's time for us duffers and faux oracles to stand back and let him do his thing.