Yes, we can.

[scaeagles]

Yeah....I'd guess the media already suscribes to his updates.

And it looks like it might be out already....apparently there's a KC printing company printing Obama/Bayh literature (according to the Drudge report). Of course, that might be a red herring.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Yeah....I'd guess the media already suscribes to his updates.

And it looks like it might be out already....apparently there's a KC printing company printing Obama/Bayh literature (according to the Drudge report). Of course, that might be a red herring.

That explains Bayhs surge at Intrade.com...he was at 12 bucks this morning and now is trading at over 30 dollars.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Yeah....I'd guess the media already suscribes to his updates.

And it looks like it might be out already....apparently there's a KC printing company printing Obama/Bayh literature (according to the Drudge report). Of course, that might be a red herring.

No text yet.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

And it looks like it might be out already....apparently there's a KC printing company printing Obama/Bayh literature (according to the Drudge report). Of course, that might be a red herring.

But then again, somewhere out there was a printing company who made a lot of New England Patriots SuperBowl Winners 2008 shirts, too.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

The brilliance of Obama's Veep-announcement-by-text has just struck me. Forget all the other plebeians subscribing to the announcement, the real benefit comes from the threat of the average Joe "scooping" the media, therefore forcing the media to also subscribe to his updates, giving him several days of feeding his appearance dates directly to the necessary parties to ensure coverage (not that he needed *that* much help, but it's still smart as all heck).

Mmm that, and also that this gave him a huge jump in subscribers. The thing is, these are people's cell phones, and most people don't give up their cell phone numbers easily. Now his campaign has millions (presumably; if not hundreds of thousands) of interested potential voters. By geographical location based on area code. He can send out directed text messages rolling up to and on election day to remind people to vote, and to get the word out to tell their friends to vote.

The way the campaign has embraced technology has been terrific. The other day, I got a text message (after I'd subscribed for his VP announcement) letting me know that the Obama Web site is now fully mobile compatible, and the text included a link. I was able to just select it and have my phone go to his mobile site, where for no charge, I was able to download a wallpaper for my phone. Now it has a little Obama logo as its wallpaper.

How cool is that?

[JWBear]

All the while, McCain is still trying to get used to those newfangled touch tone telephones. Those typewriters-with-TVs just confuse the heck out of him!

[scaeagles]

MSNBC has reported that Bayh and Kaine were told it isn't them. Interesting.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

MSNBC has reported that Bayh and Kaine were told it isn't them. Interesting.

Yeah, Intrade had him over $30 earlier today; now he's down to under $2

Biden is up to $78+....looks like everyone is betting it's going to be him.

[sleepyjeff]

Biden is now at $88.

[Alex]

I wondered if, as it started to get close, I'd find myself caring about his selection despite myself.

Nope. It is still about #143 on the priority list of things I care about. Since McCain is so old, it moves up to #141 on his list. I care so little I haven't even bothered to look up who most of the people being mentioned as short list people are.

I'd care more about him announcing who his Secretary of HHS will be.