I agree, Fair, that trying to withhold veep selection news till the "last minute" and to give out the news first via text-messages - turned out to be something of a gimmick. And it ultimately failed, because two Democratic insiders broke the news to CNN at about 12:30 am this morning - before the campaign's planned text message release of wake-up time Saturday morning. I guess this forced the campaign's hand because they released the text message at 3:00 am. I woke up for some reason at 1:00 am and turned on CNN, so that's how I got the news.
To me, it is great news. I donated again to the campaign this morning (I'm over $100 now) and sent this Welcome message to Joe Biden:
Dear Senator Biden:
I am ecstatic that Barack Obama has chosen you to be his running mate and that you have accepted. I look forward to seeing your ability to fight back against the smear campaign-old school politics of the McCain campaign. I'm sure that you respect and admire Senator McCain due to your years of service with him in the Senate, but he's gone over to the "dark side" of Rovian politics. You can take that on, with your ability to cut to the chase, state the obvious, find the logical flaws in their "arguments", and to smile and be genial all the while. On the positive side, I totally respect your experience in the foreign policy arena. Obama has not conceded he has a lack in that regard by choosing you, but shows his greater judgement in knowing how to put together a GREAT TEAM!
CONGRATULATIONS!
[Ing], Onondaga (very small town),Michigan
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