Glen Reynolds has a mini-roundup.
Ed Morrissey has some thougths too.
Let’s emphasize the timing of this announcement. Supposedly, Team Obama planned to release this when all the hip kids would have their cell phones at the ready and Blackberries in operation. At least, that was the excuse we heard when Wednesday, Thursday, and then Friday slipped away and Obama hadn’t made his announcement.
So when did the Magic Text Message come? After last call in every time zone in the lower 48. The people in Hawaii were awake, though.
Of course, picking Joe Biden would be a fairly good reason to bury the news. Biden has a long history of really foolish statements, and managed to set a record for kneecapping a campaign through a verbal fumble.
It seems like the Obama camp had planned to release this info on Saturday before the speech Obama and Biden gave, and then the info leaked early. Since the convention is Monday, I guess they had to get it in on Saturday.
Still the timing is pretty bad; I guess they weren't able to get the announcement earlier in the week.
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