Alas, Evan Bayh as vice-president wasn’t meant to be, though it may be good news for Barack Obama’s presidential hopes: The presumptive Democratic candidate selected Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. Though others are already pointing out flaws in Obama’s pick and some are upset that Obama’s promised text message to supporters arrived around 3 a.m. today, I like Biden and think he is a wise choise and a good counterbalance to Obama.

I chose email over text message to receive the news from Obama’s camp. I found out the pick from NPR at 7:30 or so, and my email from Obama arrived shortly after eight. It’s just not that big a deal to me.