Barack Obama has made his decision and will likely disclose his VP pick Friday morning. Before that happens, I just had to post my predictions for the next 6 days.

First of all, Obama will never choose Sen. Joseph Biden for VP. Biden is being pushed as the most likely choice by the mainstream media because of his foreign policy experience and years on the Armed Services Committee, experience Obama seriously lacks as a future commander-in-chief. The media’s efforts however is a rouge to give the illusion that all is forgiven and the party is united. Remember, it was Biden who said in January 2007, “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy, I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” This comment outraged people like Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton, who had previously run for president and by retrospect were not as articulate, bright, clean, and nice looking in Biden's eyes. Biden's comments in concert with the LA Times opinion piece by David Ehrenstein, Obama the 'Magic Negro', propagated by Rush Limbaugh’s airing of the parody song Barack the Magic Negro, caused a rift between the democrat party elite and black Americans.

Secondly, Obama’s arrogance will not allow him to pick a VP who will overshadow his presidency, so you can forget about Hillary, Dodd, Bayh, or any other seasoned congressman. It will not be Gov. Tom Kaine of Virginia either, today’s appearance was a media teaser. He will pick someone who will deliver votes, and since democrats have already taken control of the governor’s mansion and beat Sen. George “macaca” Allen, Virginia is probably well in the “blue”. Therefore I predict he will pick Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico. Richardson will deliver a “red” state in 2004 and bridge the gap between Hispanics who may not be willing to support a black candidate and those who will. With our current energy crisis, people will be easily duped into believing Richardson’s experience as Secretary of Energy during the (Bill) Clinton administration will be an asset (never mind the fact his policies help to create the current crisis), along with his administrative experience as governor.

It is my belief, however, the Clinton’s will render Obama and his running mate irrelevant. Obama, for all of the fan-fare, is not very bright. In the spirit of party unity, he has given Hillary everything she wants, he committed to paying off her campaign debts, Hillary’s name is being placed in nomination, and she and Bill will given primetime speeches 2 of 4 nights (at least). With Obama’s declining poll numbers and McCain‘s recent success in upstaging this senator with no real credentials, I believe the Clinton's have successfully set the stage and are preparing for a hostile takeover of Democrat National Convention.

It will be fun to see how this plays out.