I forget...was the VP choice this suspenseful in 2004?

[terrya]

Well, our nominee sure can keep a secret, that's for sure. :-)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. I was wondering the same thing myself. I remember I first heard about it on the radio after getting

gas.

[JVS]

2. Remember when Paddy posted a picture of Edwards holding a note that said "you got served"

under the title of "For the Clark Supporters"

That shit was classic.

[cynatnite]

3. I don't think it had this much suspense...

I think a lot of people expected Edwards.

[underpants]

4. No it got leaked on an aeronautical forum

someone saw the Kerry Edwards plane in the hanger after it had just been painted and posted on it and off it went..........through the tubes

[VolcanoJen]

14. That's exactly right. And it hit DU almost immediately thereafter.

I seem to remember it happening in the wee hours... weren't we all awake, eagerly awaiting the announcement then, too?

[underpants]

21. don't remember

I wasn't awake but I do remember the power of the internets having full effect

[ronnykmarshall]

5. No really.

I think it was pretty much agreed it would be Edwards.

[SteppingRazor]

6. No, because Kerry announced really, really early. n/t

[Lyric]

7. I dislike the high drama of it all.

Really, is it that hard to just tell us when you know who you've picked? Why the grand theater and suspense? :shrug:

[redqueen]

10. To get people's attention.

I think it's great. :)

[Muttocracy]

11. what I don't like about it is it looks like he's not sure or something. Agh!

[terrya]

12. Last I read, he's definitely decided.

They were getting ready to send the text.

[Muttocracy]

13. I know I know. Would be funny if there are a bunch of tech support guys

sweating it out fixing something!

[julialnyc]

19. LOL! This crossed my mind too. I hope they don't have technical difficulties

[julialnyc]

17. I think the suspense is working.... Obama is ruling the air waves and has people's attention

But now he has to give us something interesting. If it's all this build up and then someone boring like Bayh, people will be disappointed.

[Virginia Dare]

24. Media loves theatre and suspense..

come to think of it, most people do. It keeps people talking.

[Larry in KC]

8. Remember the newspaper calling it for Gephardt (a la "Dewey Defeats Truman")?

Was that the NY Post or the NY Daily News?

[musicblind]

23. It was the post I think. n/t

[eshfemme]

9. I remember some anticipation but Kerry didn't really allow it to build up to this extent.

I mean it was announced like 3 weeks before the convention. Kerry did attempt to be secretive about it since he was trying to inform his supporters first via email but it got leaked because of the plane decal.

[InNeedOfUserName]

15. No... the Convention was 4 weeks earlier & Kerry annouced edwards

2 1/2 weeks before that!!!!

[blm]

16. No one leaked anything back in 2004. It's leaks or deliberate misdirections driving

the bloggers right now. Plus, Dumbass McAuliffe set up the Dem convention for the last week in July, FIVE FUCKING WEEKS before the GOP convention, so Kerry HAD to make his choice much more quickly. And the Dem powerstructure that was running the party then (Clinton-McAuliffe-Carville) were actively pushing for Edwards.

[book_worm]

18. No Edwards was announce 3 weeks before the convention which led to a rather boring convention.

and very little bounce.

[frogmarch]

20. OK, Obama,

make with the ta-daaa announcement already. This waiting nonsense is really starting to piss me off.

[shawmut]

22. It was pretty close

No one knew who it was for sure but the overwhelming favorite here was Edwards. I remember being here the night before the official announcement when the New York Post said Gephardt was the choice and this place was crazy, people were pretty pissed about it. Then we found out it was Edwards and it was even crazier, almost everyone was happy and relieved that it wasn't Gephardt.

[SheilaT]

25. Nope. Because it was announced

much earlier than this, and a lot of us felt early on that Edwards was running for the VP slot in the first place.