It's (Yawn) Biden

Barry & Joe?  Too dull.  Obamiden?  Naw, sounds like an anti-cholesterol drug.  How about Rogaine Messiah?

Yeah, that's the, um, ticket:

The United States Secret Service has dispatched a protective detail to assume the immediate protection of Senator Joseph Biden, D-DE, a source tells ABC News, indicating in all likelihood that Biden has been officially notified that Senator Barack Obama, D-IL, has selected him to be his running mate.

Sources also tell ABC News that two others said to be finalists for the position of Obama's running mate - Senator Evan Bayh, D-IN, and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine - have been told they have not been selected for the vice presidential slot.

Well, I guess that means Bayh will have more time to practice in front of his mirror for that second career as a standup comedian, and the Eyebrow can go brush his teeth and gargle with Pine Sol now.  And the rest of us can sit back with a frosty beverage and watch Slow Joe help The One gaffe-beat himself unconscious - and, when it's all said and done, wonder what might have been.

UPDATE: Best reaction lines to the cloistered rollout of Rogaine Messiah:

Rob Long: "Isn't [Biden] sort of the stupid person's idea of the smart person's candidate?"

XDA: "That locks down the important swing state of Delaware and puts the combined fatuous egotism of the ticket into overload territory."

And my favorite, from Hugh Hewitt: "Slow Joe is the perfect running mate on a perfect ticket for a party betting on wind to solve the energy crisis."

UPDATE II: Right on schedule....