This is a fair, factual report that accurately places in the proper point in the story information that other outlets might have sensationalized, such as Biden's foot-in-mouth comment that Obama is "articulate" and "clean." There is a comment from the McCain camp, helping out the fairness factor; but there is no comment from the campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton, which is the real story for a New York newspaper like the Times. As for reporting, there is scant little of it in this account, partly because the writer was waiting for the announcement; but in situations like these, a veteran reporter will have secured quotations from all top prospects beforehand or noted negative results, such as which campaign would not provide statements. As such, much of the report here is from the Times' digital morgue, with the writer providing some big-picture overview. One such passage concerns the choice of Biden from Delaware, a small electoral state that consistently votes Democratic, tying this to the Obama strategy of neutralizing McCain's foreign experience. The glaring omission, which would have made the report far more informative, concerns Bill Richardson. The news media have focused far too long on the potential of a Richardson candidacy to secure for Obama the Latino/a vote. Richardson not only has all manner of experience--in fact, he satirized that in one of his most popular campaign advertisements ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjOuL5qwNIc ); he has executive experience as governor. We have two senators, a civic minded and forward-thinking junior senator and an experienced and older senior senator, both of whom have never prepared a budget or dealt with an economy. If McCain picks a governor, that will be one more route to undermine Obama, and the Times with its past reputation for complete reporting and analysis, in sum, could have done a better job, especially considering all the time the writer had before this announcement was texted on Saturday.