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The First Campaign E-mail of 2008

In case you were wondering, this is it. Merry Auld Lang Syne to David Plouffe for drawing the short straw:

First election-related e-mail of 2008 belongs to David Plouffe of Barack Obama’s camapign

As you can see, this arrived at exactly 12:30. I’ll predict that by 2012 — 2016 at the latest — the first campaign e-mail of the election year will arrive at 12:01.

Thirty minutes? In politics, that’s a lifetime! Well, at least it’s a news cycle.

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