ProConPundit Ready for 3 a.m. Call

Much has been said about Barack Obama’s readiness as President for a 3 a.m. emergency call. Obama has yet to prove that he is capable of receiving such a call. As of today, we know he is capable of sending a text message in the middle of the night. And the ProConPundit, believe it or not, was on the text message distribution list.
The text message came in around 2 o’clock Chicago time this morning. I felt a combination of emotions: excitement, mild irritation to be awakened, and stupidity to have asked for this.

I promised two friends, Marc Jaeger and John Olenick that I would forward the text to them. Jaeger, who only owns two homes was at the cape of Wisconsin Dells. He doesn’t have a computer there and apparently not a television, either, so he was relying on hearing from me. It should be noted that some parts of Wisconsin do actually have television sets and computer access. I did forward the text message to them but after I went back to sleep for four hours.

The text message was a good application of technology to a political campaign and a good way to include people, even skeptical ones, to the announcement.