E.politics world headquarters has taken up residence in its hometown of Palestine, Texas for the past week or two, and today got a real treat: playing with baby armadillos. Well, adolescents probably, since they’re big enough to come out of the burrow on their own (they sassed me, too...
Read More »Hmmm, somebody better check on Bush’s Environmental Protection Agency appointees: they must be frothing at the mouth — or unconscious from shock. Yes, an email just arrived from John McCain’s campaign touting the candidate’s enviro-friendly promo gear: In our new store...
Read More »Update: MoveOn Targets McCain Aides. Obama: Smear emails “not just a random sort of viral thing”. Racist Secret Service E-Mails. Oof. I mean really, oof. Stupid enough to think, even more stupider to email. How to spot Photoshop chicanery. Why is this site password protected? Burt...
Read More »Let’s help get a better sense of what tools political professionals are using, both for advocacy and to help elect candidates: take the 2008 E-Voter Institute Survey of Political and Advocacy Communications Leaders today. Has the Internet come of age for political campaigns? Which voters...
Read More »Resistance is futile: e.politics has surrendered to the Twitter Borg. Now you’ll be able to find out what our staff (i.e., the cat and the turtle) have for breakfast every single day! Farewell, productive time… Seriously, I’m experimenting with Twitter to get general impressions...
Read More »Newsweek’s current story on the Obama campaign’s internal dynamics contains this warning (via Mike Allen) for anyone who values civility and honesty in politics: Another McCain adviser, who asked for anonymity discussing internal campaign strategy, bluntly warned: “It’s...
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