After a long hiatus abroad and working on a new project, I came home this August to a barrage of inquires regarding the usage of mobile phones in this year's election. While I had been following all of the news enthusiastically, I had very limited access to my US text messaging abilities and thus could not take part in what has been going on first hand.

This does not mean that I do not have my thoughts which, as someone removed from the process for a while, I hope may be somewhat refreshing.

I am often told by people who "know" that, like the blogosophere, the mobile political bandwagon wont take off until someone finds a way to raise a bunch of money using nothing but cell phones. While I disagree with the "fundraising only" assumption behind that statement I do not deny it as a possible scenario that could bring mobile technology to the forefront of politics.

With little fanfare the Barack Obama campaign has followed the Edwards and Hillary campaign in launching a multi-faceted mobile campaign. Obama supporters were emailed about the announcement with an emphasis on taking Obama's "movement for change" "offline." And by "offline" they meant your cell phone.

Just the other day I was talking with some colleagues wondering why there where never ever "Bushism" ringtones that become widespread.

A couple of days ago I wrote here on PDF that Hillary

The New York Post is reporting that Hillary Clinton will anounce today a “mobile-to-mobile text-messaging push” to garner support for her presidential campaign.

The infamous guys at the Late Night Players have done it again, combining the wonderful world of mobile technology with their zany comedy stylings, but this time, in conjunction with Mozes.com, I think they invented one of the most cleverest text messaging ideas to date, the idea of texting your own adventure.

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