Obama Made VP Decision: No names for us yet.

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Monday August 18, 2008 · 4:37 PM PDT

2008/08/18 · 16:37

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A decision has been made.

New York Times

Mr. Obama’s advisers said he reached his VP decision while on vacation in Hawaii. They said it marked the end of what proved to be an unexpectedly intense process, condensed because he did not want to start actively vetting potential running mates before Mrs. Clinton quite the race in June.

If all goes according to plan, the announcement will be made with text and e-mail messages to supporters early in the morning [Wed.], in time to capture coverage on the morning news shows and take advantage of a full day’s news cycle. Mr. Obama and his new running mate will than begin a cross-country tour; current plans call for them to on the trail together for most of the time between the day of the announcement and when Mr. Obama arrives in Denver, a week from Wednesday.

Mr. Obama’s schedule calls for him to awake Tuesday morning in Orlando, Fla., and by the end of the day be in Raleigh, N.C. By Wednesday, he is scheduled to be in Virginia. The Obama campaign has cautioned against reading anything into his schedule, saying it could be changed in an instant to accommodate the plan to introduce the running mate.

Aides said the announcement would come at the earliest on Wednesday morning, and no later than Friday.

Obligatory speculation:

From this earlier diary, it was revealed that a close Biden adviser may have been in Hawaii while Obama was on vacation (and apparently the time he made his decision). Mean anything? Maybe, probably not?

No real news or cemented names. The usual "top 3" are mentioned, as well as some other popular choices. But here's the important thing: folks, we have a decision. Obama knows who the next Vice President will be. So.

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