U R MY VP

Barack Obama will announce his vice-presidential choice by text message. How very 21st-century of him, using a high technology of the kind that the younger voters love to inform the two million people on his mailing list, as well as the rest of the world, who his pick will be. What a world, what a world.

I don't know who it will be, but I know who it won't be. IT WNT B HILRY :(. She may be popular with a lot of Democrats but she's downright hated by a whole heck of a lot of people, some of whom are Republicans who might not even bother to vote, unless it were to vote against Hillary. Add to that the fact that Bill would always be hanging around, looking for something to do, and you've got yourself a no go for Hillary Clinton.

I also don't think it's going to matter that much who gets tabbed to be The One's Running Mate. With few exceptions, vice-presidential candidates don't make that big of a difference. Joe Biden would be an interesting choice, mostly because he runs off at the mouth sometimes before thoughts have a chance to catch up, and it's because of that that he probably won't be chosen.

E BAY MY VP. What?!? Barack Obama chooses the corporate giant eBay to be his running mate? Uhhmm, no. That's the problem with text messaging; not much text and not always a discernable message. Evan Bayh is from a key state (aren't they all this year?) and is bland enough not to steal any thunder from The One. He might be a good choice.

As for The Old Man, it may come down to his arch-nemesis of the primaries, Ol' Helmet Hair Himself, Mitt Romney. He seems to be a relatively intelligent guy, albeit one without any core ideals that he clings to. Joe Lieberman would be a fun choice. Both he and McCain tend to speak their minds, so the fall election season might actually be interesting. And Lieberman is an actual maverick, something that McCain only claims to be. When the Democratic party told him to buzz off in the 2006 elections, he did, ran for his Senate seat as an independent, and whooped the Democratic candidate, and the Republican one too. Good for him.

I don't know who McCain will choose, but this much I do know: it's highly doubtful that when the time comes to announce his VP choice, McCain, a man who claims no technological savvy (as in "I don't use the Internet") will be doing it by text message.