…and of course, so did three quarters of the world. But we did leak a tip about Biden’s security detail being “doubled”, well before he was named Obama’s running mate.

But, beyond the hype of actually naming a VP running mate, is how Camp BO did it.  Or “promised” to do it.

If Barack Obama’s pick for vice president taught us anything, it’s that the Democrat nominee for president will stay up late to get the job done. His text message naming Sen. Joe Biden as his VP picked arrived at 3:04 a.m. on my phone. [Robert Bluey Blog]

We’re not quite as convinced as some are about the timing of the text, but regardless of whether it was planned or a Hail Mary attempt at pleasing supporters who were duped into thinking they would actually find out first- point to Team Obama for stepping outside the cell phone towers.