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Published 8/23/2008 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

From NBC's Domenico MontanaroObama picked Delaware Sen. Joe Biden to be his vice presidential running mate. The campaign sent out a text message at at 3:09 a.m. ET that read:"Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden rally live at 3pmET on www.BarackObama.com. Spread the word!The campaign also sent an e-mail to supporters, in which Obama said he's "excited about hitting the campaign trail with Joe, but the two of us can't do this alone."For its part, once...( read more ) (link)

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