I know that people here think Obama can do no wrong but these leaks and the Secret Service......

[Vote2008]

going to Bidens house have ruined the thrill of the text message.

Also knowing Hillary and Bayh and Kaine have been told "No" because of valid leaks ruin it.

Also, my son today the buzz around campus were kids waiting for text messages about the VP and they lost that chance for some campus BUZZ.

Flame away because I know that Obama never makes mistakes but the text needed to come before the accurate leaks started.

The point of the text message was to find out first. Not hear it from the press.

Great Idea. Bad Implementation.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Unless it turns out not to be Biden, then that may be a reasonable assessment

[babylonsister]

2. What if it's not Biden?

:think:

[blondeatlast]

16. He's punked the m$m so well so far that I wouldn't be surprised.

I can see ALL the top choices having a good laugh at this!

[thunder rising]

3. You'll get flamed for being an ass-hat. "Obama never makes mistakes" Not yet anyway.

[Vote2008]

9. LOL....ok tough guy!

[LynneSin]

4. How are you sure the story is real

Biden could seriously just be the distraction from the real VP choice.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. I was having the same thoughts, pretty much.

Still, if this is the worst blunder his campaign makes...

And, for my money, they've been pretty good all along on the important stuff.

[peacebird]

6. Obama kept everyone guessing and checking all day long. He *owned* the airwaves. Mistake? No way.

[napi21]

23. I think owning the airwaves was the intent! It worked! Do you honestly think

McNuts is not going crazy over their lack of coverage?

I happen to think the choice is Biden too, and I'm THRILLED! I was a Biden supporter fron the start, and was very disappointed when he dropped out, but he really IS the junkyard dog that Obama needs right now!

[VolcanoJen]

31. Not even all day long... more like ALL WEEK LONG!

It was brilliantly executed. If the story is true, the text message thing would've been fun, but these kinds of secrets are almost too huge to keep. It's always going to be something... I mean, Kerry's secret got out due to someone posting on an aeronautical forum that his plane had be repainted with the Kerry-Edwards logo, and still, the media said over and over that it was an excellent VP roll-out.

This is so exciting!!! And it still won't be "official" until the text or email comes... nothing else has been confirmed.

GOBAMA! GOBIDEN!!!!

[ErinBerin84]

7. oh well. I'll get over it.

[Epiphany4z]

8. ya but by waiting he is

giving the faux news crowed painfully little time before the convention to tear apart his choice or..have an effect on the bounce he should get from it...

bad implementation ...maybe...but it really depends on who it actually is...and what effect Obama was going for.

[Lisa0825]

10. So what if it didn't work quite as planned?

It DID allow Obama to monopolize the press for a week, and interest is at an extremely high level for a veep pick, something I haven't witnessed in my voting years.

[Quixote1818]

11. People on DU are some of the few people staying up until Midnight

reading every news release and watching every move. Most people who signed up are in bed.

[gateley]

12. I think the optimum time to flood the cell phones was AFTER he

notified Bayh and Kaine, but BEFORE that word leaked.

I think it's been flawless up until now -- I think they hung on just a little too long.

Unless it's not Biden - then he's still in control.

[cliffordu]

13. Well. If this is the scummiest thing he does, we should draft Hillary.

:sarcasm:

[saltpoint]

14. Might be Biden. Might not be.

A lot of American citizens don't follow politics they way bloggers do.

It's still several layers of surprise to most people.

And I still haven't gotten my notification.

[Sparkly]

18. It would be quite a hoot if it weren't!

The media is going with that as all-but-stated tonight.

[saltpoint]

22. Yep. Downthread I posit the notion that Biden's family 's safety

has to come before our political ravening. Hence the Secret Service detail.

[Sparkly]

25. Just heard that, as well.

They must have anticipated this would get attention, though.

[saltpoint]

28. True. Ya gotta git up pretty early in the morning to pull a fast one

over the blogosphere!


:thumbsup: :hi:

[DFW]

21. Even after all I've heard today

I'm pretty much convinced you've got it pegged. I heard it was Biden from
someone I trust, but I don't know how much to trust THEIR source. I said
so, asked if anyone else had heard anything like it, and nearly got put in
front of a DU firing squad. I guess there's worse things than waiting til
tomorrow to find out!

[Vote2008]

34. it is biden

[Sparkly]

15. I thought they'd want to take advantage of the evening news tonight.

But, it could be that something went awry; or they have other reasons for waiting.

Made for a rough day for some, though.

[progressiveforever]

17. Until we read it from the Obama camp....

It's all speculation.

[redqueen]

19. Is there live footage of the secret service at his house? (nt)

[saltpoint]

20. If the choice is Biden, his family's safety is more important than our

political junkiehood.

If the choice is Biden and the Secret Service were not sent to his place for protection, it would be a strange and discomfiting thing.

The Obama campaign may be readying a midnight dispatch with the news, but wanted to keep Biden's people safe before the announcement.

[Vote2008]

27. LOL like if someone wanted to hurt Biden they could not have done it at noon today?

[saltpoint]

33. p-r-o-t-o-c-o-l

[Life Long Dem]

35. You don't understand. The police were at Biden's house not long before secret service

[Snarkoleptic]

24. So locking the media into this Veep frenzy on the heels of ...

How-many-houses-do-I-own gate is a bad thing?!?!
Obama is masterfully controlling the media and the only sound we hear in the echo chamber is the sound of McCain being out of touch.
It's called a grip...get it.

[WA98296]

26. I agree, if this is true he did mislead us.

[geek tragedy]

29. They screwed the timing up bad. Should have announced it six hours ago.

Oh well--Biden's a great choice, and that's what counts.

[The_Casual_Observer]

30. The point of the text message was to get your number for later.

[carpe diem]

32. the world is not glued to CNN and DU

the way we are...some people have lives and presumably are living them and not hanging onto every word coming out of John King's mouth...

[LSK]

36. its the middle of the night, who fucking cares what came 1st

People are going to wake up with their text messages everywhere.

Sheesh, talk about nit-picking. No wonder we lose elections.

[Duer 157099]

37. Maybe they can blame the telecom company?

you know, having to screen all those communications takes time...

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

38. Everyone was asleep anyway

so nobody noticed

They'll all wake up to the news and the text together

so it's a minor botch, but let's move on

[RayOfHope]

39. SO freaking what? Is this really a big problem in the scheme of things, that YOU (or me or whomever)

wasn't the absolute FIRST to know?

I wasn't naieve enough to think that I, dadsblacksheep, would be the absolute first to know, especially with the way media stalks their news stories in 2008.

This is hardly gonna matter tomorrow. In fact, it doesn't matter right now.

Big picture, people.

[JI7]

40. you want Secret Service to do things based on some text message plan ?

[Bobbie Jo]

41. "The thrill of the text message" ??

This was executed brilliantly. Here it is 3am...and the the media is STILL talking. Most people (ok, normal people) are sleeping, and will wake up to the thrill already delivered to their inbox.

As planned....