Kyle Bell

The Nashville Post is reporting that Barack Obama’s campaign is converging on the city of Indianapolis, Indiana for an event on Saturday. The paper reports that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh will be named Barack Obama’s vice-presidential running mate and that the two will hold a “major event” together in the Hoosier State. Apparently staff preparing for the Democratic Convention next week in Denver are being pulled from the city and sent to Indiana for the announcement.

The Obama campaign has said all along that the first to know will be his supporters by text message and e-mail. If they were to announce Bayh either today (Thursday) or Friday then that would still give them time to hold a formal rally to celebrate the selection on Saturday. An event is also expected to take place in Springfield, Illinois on Saturday and the Obama campaign has sent e-mails to its supporters for them to RSVP tickets. The ride from Springfield to Indianapolis is a relatively short one – about four hours by car and 30 minutes by plane.