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August 24, 2008

Obama’s ploy to get email addresses and cell phone numbers seems to have worked

Sen. Barack Obama’s pledge to supporters that they would be the “first to know” his running mate turned out to be a savvy but unworkable communications strategy. The Democratic presidential candidate got scooped by the media on his own announcement, done in by dogged reporting, loose-lipped party insiders and the limits of technology. But all…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 24, 2008

AP quickly picks up on the Biden/MS issues

In August 2007, three men who later became entangled in a Mississippi bribery scheme raised money for Sen. Joe Biden’s run for president. A month later, two of the three were overheard in a phone call recorded by the FBI discussing federal legislation and a prospective meeting with Biden’s brother, Jim. It’s unclear whether any…