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EMPORIA, Va. -- Barack Obama says he's decided on a running mate, but he won't say who.

"I've made the selection, that's all you're gonna get," Obama told reporters while campaigning in Virginia today.

Obama didn't say whether he's informed his pick yet.

Obama is planning to announce his choice in a text message to supporters sometime before Saturday afternoon, when he's scheduled to appear with his running mate in Illinois.

Asked by an Associated Press reporter when the text would be sent, Obama just grinned and said, "Wouldn't you like to know?"

The list of possibles, according to an Associated Press report, is believed to be down to Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, who planned to campaign in his home state Thursday with Obama.

Absent from that short list at this time is Rhode Island's Sen. Jack Reed. Reed has said he is not interested in being a candidate for vice president and prefers staying in the Senate. Yesterday, it was announced that the West Point graduate and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee will speak on national security at the upcoming Democratic national convention in Denver.

-- The Associated Press and Journal staff

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