Could be this week isn't time wasted at all, seems like there's gotta be a lot of preparation that goes into an announcement like this.

The nominee themselves might need a week to get all their own ducks in a row before they go public.

"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744