OMG: All a-twitter over Obama’s text message announcement

When CNN began reporting the selection of Sen. Joseph Biden as Sen. Barack Obama’s running-mate based on a “flurry of activity” at Biden’s home, many people — those who’d signed up to receive an exclusive text message about Obama’s choice — were perplexed. Widely hailed as a tech-savvy campaign move, the execution of the Obama campaign’s running-mate announcement via text message left the candidate open to criticism, but little came.