Twittering Analysis
I decided to get up to speed with Twitter because I thought I might use it to post quick thoughts while I am at the Democratic National Convention.
The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder had a couple of gems about Joe Biden's selection as Barack Obama's running mate on his Twitter feed today:
Conspiracy theory: BO announced JRB at 3am b/c Biden's the guy you want answering the phone at 3am.
That would be quite a line -- and a call-back to the primary campaign. And it has the advantage of being a better explanation for the Obama campaign than having to admit they lost control of the announcement when all the preparations had to be made: like that report that the Secret Service had been dispatched to begin protecting Biden as the pick.
It was this detective work which allowed the "old media" to figure out the pick before the text message. As Ambinder notes:
Old media d. Text message in three sets. It was a squeaker.
It was close, but they still got it done.