Dave Winer

"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." - Dave Winer via Bookmarklet

Does this mean the VP announcement is imminent?? - Dave Winer

A master stroke -like how they get you to invite your friends and family. Brilliant - dolores parker

isn't anyone concerned about his 3.7 trillion dollar tax hike on the middle class? or anything else he's ever said? and why we can't let him slide on all his flip-flopping? and don't say he hasn't every politician running for office does or has at some point in their political career. Why are we holding Barack H. Obama up to such messianic ideals? He's only human after all. - JohnBfromMemphis

Yes, but he's the master of social media, so we don't care. ;-) - Brent Logan

"I could ruin you with a word...no, make that 6 words...Don't you think he looks tired?" - Doctor Who - Cheryl Allin via NoiseRiver

Brent I do agree with you that either Obama himself or someone in his crew is a master of social media for sure. - JohnBfromMemphis

Barack Obama All the Way Baby!! Good Riddance Bush + Brainwashed Flock! ;)) Peace* - Billy Warhol

Hey, Billy, you realize that you're just another sheep from a different brainwashed flock, don't you? - Akiva Moskovitz

+1 Akiva. - Michael Tefft

+1 Akiva - Brian Norwood

Wow, a 3 second head start on Friendfeed and a 12 second head start on CNN. Sign me up. It's important I get my news milliseconds before others - Nicholas Molnar

JohnB: I'd really like for you to define "middle class" and show precisely where that "3.7 trillion dollar tax hike" is going to hit. Just out of curiosity, you understand. - David Worrell

An awful lot of us aren't so much voting FOR Obama as voting against the party of unnecessary war, torture, intolerance, luddism, fear, uncertainty and doubt. I'd strongly consider voting for the 2000 McCain, but the 2008 McCain seems almost no different at all from W. At this point I don't give a flip if Obama is a European style socialist. I feel strongly that McCain will continue with the torture, intolerance, luddism, etc, but I don't know about Obama. That's good enough for me at this point. - Tad, better than boredom

Tad, voting for the unknown then? Seems dicey. - Akiva Moskovitz

Not at all Akiva - the known is completely detestable. I feel a moral imperative to vote against the Republicans this go around. I hope they eventually get their shit together and kick out the moralist/stasist groups that are making them contemptable. The last time we had a Democratic president, I hated him, but the country was much better off than we are now under the Republicans. The GOP had 6 uncontested years to show their true colors... and they did. - Tad, better than boredom

Tad, I will refute your logic by pointing at you and laughing and then running away like a little girl [was: re: I still have no idea how I'm going to vote]. - Akiva Moskovitz

so I guess Akiva removed their comment - can someone give me an idea what it was? - Ruth Ferguson

All signed up and ready to go ... can't wait to see all the tweets that will ensue after the announcement. - James

He's already following me. Why can't he just DM me? - Cyndy

Cyndy, probably those limits that are designed to inspire our creativity. ;-) - Joanmarie

First you're prompted to sign up, then to share, then to donate. These guys know what they're doing. "Own a piece of this movement." Nice. - Angel Galloway

Akiva did not remove his comment. There are several, Ruth. - Akiva Moskovitz

Wow, this makes the Obama campaign look just like a reality TV show. Is it more "Who wants to marry my dad," or "Paradise Hotel"? "Who will be the winner of the ULTIMATE PRIZE? Stick around for the BIG REVEAL, after these messages." - Nathan Rein

Angel, I signed up via sms. No additional prompts or requests for $$. Although I wonder if I'll start getting such messages in the days that follow. That's how most campaigns work I think. A month or two ago, I donated to Jeanne Shaheen's campaign (signing up for their list in the process) and within a week of making that donation I got an email asking me for.... wait for it.... another donation. - Joanmarie

I sent that "VP" the minute I got that text. - Brandon Titus

I've been waiting to hear who he runs with. How long do they have to choose? - Sheryl

I'm telling you right now: I will not accept the VP nomination. - Charles LePage

If Obama picks Evan Bayh, am I going to feel the same way that I did when Bush 41 chose Dan Quayle? - Thomas Ho via fftogo