Obama to Announce Running Mate by Text Message

Posted on August 10, 2008

Barack Obama wants to let people know who he chooses as a running mate by email or text message. You can sign up here.

Barack is about to choose a running mate, and he wants you to know first. You have helped build this movement from the bottom up, and Barack wants you to be part of this important moment.

Sign up today and we'll send you an email announcing Barack's running mate.

You can also text VP to 62262 to receive a text message on your mobile phone.

Barack Obama has a popular Facebook profile. He also has over 50,000 Twitter followers. He could have used either of these distribution channels but his campaign chose this method. Maybe they are trying to grow their database of contacts. Obama did use Twitter to announce that people could receive his VP selection by text message or email.

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