Early VP Announce? Where Did I Hear That?

Contemplating the Republican ticket, this is what I said many moons ago (although I had a particular VP candidate in mind):

The typical paradigm of US presidential campaigns - a candidate announces and the gravitational pull of possible success draws partners, endorsers, and supporters into the campaign over time - needs to be abandoned. Despite falling to Earth, no one is going to beat Obama on gravitational pull. Even if Obama is incredibly weak, the individual centric model should not be repeated as it is a reminder of Obama's victory in 2008. The Republicans need to break from the paradigm and adopt the team approach. Romney and ____ need to get together early, before everything, and unite as a pre-packaged ticket.

Word is that Romney is set to pick his VP running mate early.  I think that is wise.