Quick Hits — January 22, 2008
January 22nd, 2008
- Update: Clinton-Obama Mudslinging During South Carolina Debate Plays Out Online
- Update: White House Has No Comprehensive E-Mail Archive
- McCain’s Web Ad Responds to Swiftboat-like attack. Watch the video, and see also McCain, Huckabee Trade Friendly Fire.
- Clinton and Obama Open Silicon Valley Offices. “The new office openings coincided with a cleverly-timed campaign advertisement, which ran this past Sunday during Clinton’s television interview with Tim Russert on NBC’s weekly political talk show Meet The Press. The ad prominently featured Obama’s California headquarters web site address.”
- How this year’s race makes a mockery of voting for the most “electable” candidate.
- Tracking and analyzing robocall push-polling in South Carolina.
- “Virtual candidates” and web politics in Scandinavia.
- Why campaign coverage sucks. “The current generation of political reporters has based its bid for election-year authority on its horse race and handicapping skills. But reporters actually have no such skills.” Sound familiar?
- Cloverfied viral marketing frenzy. Via AdRants.
- ACLU’s anti-Guantanamo blog ad strategy.
- Lawrence Lessig’s latest book is free online. Via DIA.
- Richard Viguerie Goes Online for Paul. The conservative leader launches what amounts to an alternate campaign site for Ron Paul — sincere support, or a cynical attempt at list-building?
- How Facebook Is Like Ikea. Some assembly required.
- Presidentials Turn to National Cable Advertising. Another way to aggregate demand trans-locally using niche targeting. Or, of finding people where they live. See also coverage in The Caucus.
- Election results come to roadside electronic billboards
- Political consultants addicted to making online election predictions.
- Dems allow overseas citizens to vote online in primaries. Via tPrez.
- Paul Campaign Riding High After Nevada. The latest money-bomb lands. Update: take a look at the comment stream on the YouTube version of the fundraiser kickoff video — a thrill-ride from start to finish.
- Reporter twittering. American journalism: shortening attention spans like never before. Via tPrez.
- Foreigners Keep Out! High Tech Mapping Starts to Redefine International Borders. There are few things more fundamentally political than the drawing of lines. Also note the demise of the cannon shot rule.
- PoliticalBase.com: Is it Web 2.0 genius or a first boom mini-echo?
- RIAA Website Back Online Following Weekend Hacker Attack. Next time, use a bigger bomb.
- All Web politics is local, particularly in a Chattanooga City Council race.
- About that Google party. Damn, it’s good to be pretty.
- Israel launches radar spy satellite. The stuff of science fiction not long ago.
– cpd
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