In the past we've covered the Obama campaigns effective use of text messaging. Now comes even more exciting news:

You know it's a new era when a US Presidential candidate plans to make a major announcement using a new technology. The campaign of Barack Obama has announced on the blog for its social network that it will be announcing Obama's Vice Presidential running mate first by mobile text message and email.

Read more at ReadWriteWeb or head over to the Obama campaign site to read the official announcement of the text messaging program.

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