Obama Picks Biden
August 23, 2008 at 9:41 am by Joe BardiThe text message went out at 3:26 a.m. “Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden rally live at 3 p.m. Eastern on www.barackobama.com. Spread the word.”
We’ll have much more on the Democratic ticket on Monday.
As for that text message, the Obama campaign blew a prime opportunity. By sending the message at 3:26 a.m., they gauranteed that the recipients would almost all be asleep. Had they sent it on Friday, say right before lunch on the east coast, they would have caused a ruckus throughout offices across the country. My guess is that was the original plan, but the campaign didn’t want to knock John “I don’t know how many houses I own” McCain from the headlines.
And speaking of McCain, here is his first response to the Biden announcement:
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:21 am
Who will play Biden on SNL? Darrell Hammond?
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 am
Reports say the news was leaked to the media so they had to get the jump on them at 3 a.m. I wonder how many working people were a little upset to be woken at 3 a.m. It made my uncharged phone die…
August 25th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Heidi,
Were he still alive, I see Phil Hartman as the ideal Biden.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Does anyone remember when Biden got his hair transplants?????
I do!!!