OBAMA'S VP ANNOUNCEMENT APPROACHING

Obama's VP Announcement Approaching

When will Barack Obama unveil his vice presidential pick? Early next week, according to circumstantial evidence, as well as some information imparted on the condition of anonymity.

Unless Obama intends to wait until the convnetion begins to -- as George H.W. Bush did in 1988 with Dan Quayle -- choosing the week before the convention is logical.

Campaign advisers have said that they expect Obama and the nominee to tour the country before the convention, but others have suggested a trip after the convention -- during the Republican convention -- that would provide a nice visual and message counterweight to the wall-to-wall coverage of Republicans.

In 1992, then Gov. Bill Clinton and Sen. Al Gore bonded over a successful post-convention bus tour with the theme of "on the road to change America."