Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama launched iPhone apps this morning, and the presumptive Republican nominee's is blowing the president's out of the water.

On the iTunes App Store's rankings of top free apps, the Romney app, Mitt's VP — designed to notify users of Romney's running mate pick — is leading the Obama campaign's redesigned grassroots organizing app.

The Romney campaign pointed out their lead as a sign of buzz for their candidate and his impending decision — which has been the one bit of news capable of consistently penetrating several weeks of bad headlines.

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