Sen. Barack Obama was rumored to announce his pick for running mate this week, and announce he FINALLY did… by text message.

And the Emmy goes to Delaware Sen. Joe Biden.

Biden, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, and Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh were all reported to be on Obama’s short list. Yesterday, some guy from Texas whose name escapes me also wound up on it.

UPDATE: Oh, and so much for supporters being the first to know by text message. CNN had it at least an hour before the text message got out, which came to me at 3:04 a.m. ET. JMG has it confirmed from the news organization at 12:45 a.m. ET.