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I think you've got it right, Al

Submitted August 18, 2008 - 3:14 pm by Bryan Bishop

Another piece of the puzzle that nobody's factored in is that the campaign is also planning on turning all the people that are there at Invesco on the 28th into one giant phone bank, calling people throughout the nation to tune in and watch Obama's speech.

Clearly, a huge part of what they're doing is all about getting eyes on the convention coverage, and I think this is exactly whre the text message idea is going to lead. Everybody is going to get a text message wednesday night, probably a half hour before the VP candidate goes on to speak (much like Team Obama would send out those emails supposedly from Barack himself right before each major primary speech, where he would thank everyone and say he was about to speak, in order to increase the live TV viewership).

For this to work, however, the VP pick is going to be someone that by their name alone will drive people of all walks to run to their TVs when the word starts spreading... which means I also suspect it is going to be somebody a LOT more interesting than Biden, Bayh, etc. It's going to be somebody that EVERYBODY in the country knows.

Hell, I'll admit it. I'm still holding out for Obama/Gore.

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