US Senator finds out about Justice Sandra Day O'Connor resignation by SMS

Text messaging has come a long way here, when the cover story of The New York Times this morning features a large picture of Senator C. Boyden Gray finding out breaking news by reading an SMS from his cell phone. It's in the print version of the paper today (page A13).

"Around 9:30 Friday morning, C. Boyden Gray, founder of the Committee for Justice, a conservative group that is a leading ally of President Bush, was sipping coffee at his Georgetown residence and confessing mild frustration to a reporter for The New York Times about the waiting game for a Supreme Court retirement. Suddenly he got a text message and expressed that emotion rare for stage-managed Washington: surprise".

emily | 2:16 PM | SMS and Politics |
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