Ever since we’ve had our two Presidential nominees – McCain and Obama–we’ve been hearing speculations about their running mates. I enjoy listening to talk radio, and I do keep an eye on the 24 hour news networks. So for the past several weeks I’ve been hearing the speculations of the political pundits, and the hosts who invite them, on just who the presidential candidates will choose as their running mates.

What amazes me is that every night on FoxNews or CNN the hosts take time to talk about the latest “news” on the Veep choices. Hosts tells what they “know” about the nominees’ choices every night — which is nothing. So for the last several days I’ve stopped caring. I will find out when everyone else does — after the running mates are announced.

I became fed up about a week ago when I remember seeing a Fox News panel discuss the VP choices, and the host asked each of the panelists who they thought each candidate would pick — each panelist (no doubt hedging their bets) said, “oh, he could pick this one, or he might pick that one, or even one of these two.” I interpreted this as “I don’t really know, but want to sound intelligent and don’t want to go on record as picking the wrong person.” I mean, sure, nobody wants to say “Obama will pick _______ as his running mate” only to look silly when Obama picks somebody else — likewise with McCain. It is funny though to hear some of these hosts talking about who they think Obama or McCain should pick — they all try to give their spin on what they imagine someone else is thinking or would do.

So here’s where I am on this issue — nobody outside the campaigns really knows who McCain or Obama will pick for their Vice Presidential running mates, but lots of people have many guesses. As for me — I’ll just wait patiently until the announcements are made, then there may be something to talk about, until then it’s just hot air and vain speculation.