Press confirms Joe Biden as VP Pick

The Associated Press, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News are all confirming that Sen. Joe Biden will be Sen. Barack Obama's pick for VP running mate claiming unnamed Democratic sources. If true, this would preempt the text messaging surprise promised by the Obama campaign.

Secret Service have reportedly been dispatched to pick up Biden, but media coverage shows the house surrounded by reporters.

Biden is one of the most experienced senators with expertise in foreign policy.

More analysis later. However, we should note that no official announcement has been made yet.

NBC: Bayh, Kaine not chosen for VP

According to NBC News, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine have been told they were not selected as Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate.

Now it seems unlikely that they would announce the selection this late and some news agencies are saying that the announcement is scheduled for early tomorrow morning. There have been complaints though that all this suspense building is taking away from focusing on important campaign issues.

Caroline Kennedy for VP?

There's a lot of buzz out there that Caroline Kennedy may be a surprise pick for Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate.

An Obama staffer said that Obama has already made his pick and it was going to be a big surprise. None of the people generally under consideration.

Will update soon.

VP choice expected this week

The media is reporting that Barack Obama will announce his choice for vice presidential running mate at the end of this week possibly as early as Wednesday. However, the media got it wrong when they thought the candidates would announce before the start of the Olympics.

This time though there are reports that Obama staffers at the Chicago headquarters have been hastily preparing to transition in the Obama's pick.

Speculation, of course, is running wild with most commentators placing their bets on Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, Bill Richardson or Kathleen Sebelius. I still think that Hillary is a slight favorite, but her husband Bill might have hurt her chances. Barack's weakness has been with the more strident Hillary supporters. By choosing her, it's hard to imagine they could still oppose the Illinois senator.

Most people think that John McCain will wait until after the Democratic Convention to announce his choice in an attempt to upstage any "bounce" that Barack might gain from all the attention.