VP Timing

As I predicted a while back, Barack Obama is waiting until just a few days before the convention to announce his VP pick. I'm guessing Wednesday or Thursday. I hope the pick will be Joe Biden, but I guess we'll wait and see.

John McCain has revealed that he will announce his VP pick on August 29th, his 72nd birthday. This is the Friday right after Barack Obama's acceptance speech. I wouldn't be surprised if the McCain camp leaks the info during Obama's actual speech, hoping to steal some of his thunder. That would be a shitty thing to do, but would come at great cost because you only get to announce your VP once. Even if they wait until Friday, that is news dump day and would not get them as much play as they would hope. Plus, three days after the VP announcement, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney will speak at McCain's convention. If anything can throw a wet blanket on things, the Bush/Cheney double feature is it.

Clearly McCain is waiting until after Obama makes his pick to decide on his choice. This is a risky move, because McCain could wind up panicking and picking the wrong person. Should be an interesting week.