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Quick Hits — January 14, 2008

January 14th, 2008

• Obama Gets Mobile Right. Hooray for technology!
• Or maybe not. Backlash over anti-Obama email in New Hampshire
• Someone’s keeping the faith: Email details Huckabee’s Michigan evangelical turnout operation.
• Clinton’s Fund-raising Takes Off Online Post New Hampshire. Edwards not the only one raising money in a hurry.
• The Chuck and Huck online fundraising spectacle: “Just another barbecue/political fund-raiser/rock concert/ninja demonstration.”
• Bloggers for Fred Thompson. ‘Bout all he’s got left these days.
• Hillary Clinton Joins Paid Search Advertising Game. Putting those $$ to work.
• On the list-building benefits of Kerry’s Obama endorsement.
• Barack Obama’s Blue Period. Campaign site redesign as artistic statement.
• Kos pushes Romney in Michigan, sparking a voter fraud claim. Others are pushing a vote for “uncommitted.” More on Kos messing with the Midwest, as other bloggers bestow blessings on their chosen candidates.
• Attack on Huckabee Moves From YouTube to Boob Tube. C.f. Huckabee Campaign Responds to Victims Voice Video.
• Comedian Starts a Wiki To Track Attacks on Obama.
• Kenyan website uses Google Earth, SMS to track post-election violence
• CIA would like to read your emails.
• Blogging That Makes Me Wanna Cry. New finding: mainstream media are not the only ones who suck.
• Moveon.org To Launch New Group of Web 2.0 Tools To Unleash Your Inner Activist. C.f. Power Tools.
• Surprise: Congressional Websites are Still Awful
• Campaigns & Elections magazine threw a redesign party and didn’t invite us. Update: we’re invited to the next C&E party, and drinks are on them.
• Inside Googleplex DC. A pre-unveiling-party glimpse at the new digs (note: we get to go to this one).
• The ongoing tragedy: Right-Wing Babe of the Day

– cpd

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