Well let me just say I thought it might be neat to get the vp text message. What I expected was to get the news at work and to know it before NPR reported it. I did not anticipate being woken up at 314 in the morning to hear about Joe Biden. Apparently, the story leaked over night and they didn't want to wait until a reasonable hour and, thereby, look like a bunch of assholes. But I have to say: slops!

Slops, Obama VP text message announcement gimmick. Sloppy.

Biden does not get me fired up but very little could at this point: who is the least wealthiest et cetera.

I saw Joe Biden at a bar in Iowa at 8 in the morning on the day of the Caucus. I was very tired.

After he spoke I chatted him up briefly because we had talked about his federalism plan for Iraq in one of my classes. Basically, I said to Joe that I was refreshed to hear his proposals because I think that ethnic/religious conflicts/cleavages exist in the context of the systems in which they exist, and that policy people need to understand that it is not just that a democracy is a democracy is a democracy.

"That's it! You get it, buddy!" Joe said.

So to reiterate, the head of the ticket hugged me, and the bottom of the ticket thinks I'm smart.

One time I shook John McCain's hand when he was looking for the bathroom.