3am text a nod to Clinton attack

AMERICAN presidential hopeful Barack Obama texted supporters shortly after 3am on Saturday to announce Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential candidate — in time for the Democratic party’s national convention which begins in Denver today.

It is speculated the 3am timing was meant to evoke memories of an attack ad run by Hillary Clinton, questioning whether Obama would be ready to lead in the event of a 3am phone call to the Oval Office.

Biden himself got the call from Obama last Thursday — in a dentist’s office while accompanying his wife as she was getting a root canal.