by DonkeyHotey
How to Spot Romney’s Vice President Pick in Advance |
[Via TechPresident ]
The Romney campaign wants you to download its mobile app to be among the first to find out who Mitt is going to pick as his running mate, but if past history is any guide, you might want to instead be looking at Wikipedia — and whether any of the leading contenders’ entries are being suddenly brushed up.
Sarah Palin’s Wikipedia page was updated at least 68 times the day before John McCain announced her selection, with another 54 changes made in the five previous days previous. Tim Pawlenty, another leading contender for McCain’s favor, had 54 edits on August 28th, with just 12 in the five previous days. By contrast, the other likely picks — Romney, Kay Bailey Hutchison — saw far fewer changes. The same burst of last-minute editing appeared on Joe Biden’s Wikipedia page, Terry Gudaitis of Cyveillance, told the Washington Post.
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Looking through obscure tea leaves to predict the VP is a quadrennial endeavor. The use of Wikipedia edits looked to be a more reasonable way to get some idea.
But only as long as it remained obscure. That disappeared when Stephen Colbert remarked on it (just [past the 8 minute mark).
Now Wikipedia has locked down most of the possible pages. So it looks like, as the article states, we are back to looking at airplane decals.
