As you know, this is not a political blog so my purpose is not to theorize on who he will pick (seems that I’m not on the short list). What is interesting, however, is when he will announce his decision.

Of course, we are not privy to the scheduling constraints, so for the purpose of this conversation, we are merely talking about the best day to announce. As of this writing (1:52 EST), there has been no announcement. We know that by yesterday, he had made his decision. Why not announce Thursday?

I think that there is some benefit to waiting. The media is in a frenzy over whom he will pick. Let that story, one that cannot be considered a “bad” story, continue to ride. Once he announces, every political analyst will weigh in with a different opinion. Might as well let the “good” story stay on the front page.

Okay, why not announce Saturday? I think Saturday is a bad idea. Unless his schedule requires it, I think that announcing “big” news over a weekend is a bad idea unless he wants the story to still be active on Monday. Perhaps he wants to have a little thunder going into the convention (we can talk about the Clinton “crisis” later). Maybe he will wait until Monday to announce.

So, that leaves today. Friday isn’t typically the best day to announce news because of the weekend. Should Obama have announced earlier in the week? Let’s face it, the Obama camp created the excitement over his decision by hinting that it was coming. Why not do that last week, and announce this past Tuesday?

That’s my Altyrian View.