Archive for November, 2008
The rumors are true: I’m cheating on the internet. Here’s the scoop — along with my friend David Almacy, I’ll be on the Washington-area Fox affiliate’s live election coverage tonight, both online and on the air (Fox5 News!). We’ll be serving as the resident online politics experts, and you can tune in via live web video from 7-10 as they come to us for a few minutes every half-hour. From 10 until midnight, we’re live on the air, under what I assume will be the same arrangement. I’m not shunning the interweb completely though: I’ll also be updating a resource page or two on e.pol and also doing Twitter posts. Should be a hoot all around — swing on by and check it out.
– cpd
November 4th, 2008
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Forget Obama and McCain; this time, let’s vote for a REAL leader:
C’mon, who can forget his brilliant command at the Battle of Endor to focus all fire on that Super Star Destroyer? If he can beat the entire Imperial fleet with just a ragtag band of rebels, the financial crisis is toast. Thanks to my brother Stratton for sending this over and showing me The Light.
Seriously, can you believe election day’s FINALLY here? I just checked, and the first two presidential campaign-related articles on e.politics seem to have appeared in August (McCain as online juggernaut!?!) and September (Mark Warner in Second Life!) of 2006, well over two years ago. I think I’m more relieved now than anything else — my nervous system was starting to short out a couple of weeks ago. Time to go to the polls — the Admiral’s definitely got my vote.
– cpd
November 4th, 2008
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As you’re voting on Tuesday, don’t forget to post your experience at the Twitter Vote Report — the folks behind it, include many of the techPresident crew along with some great organizations, have put together a site to collect reports from around the country. All you have to do is use the “#votereport” hashtag in your Tweet and the system will automatically display it on the Vote Report site (NPR also has instructions for participating if you’re not on Twitter). Cool idea — it’s a way to aggregate information from across the country and put it out in a single forum for journalists and voting rights advocates to see. Threat Level will also be collecting reports of voting problems, and of course thousands of Americans will record their experiences in their own ways. Hell of a year so far, and we’re not quite done.
– cpd
November 4th, 2008
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Guest article! The first in a while, too. This piece was sent in by long-time reader and friend-of-e.politics Ha-Hoa Hamano, and was written by her boss, Chris Casey of NGP Software. It originally appeared on the NGP site.
Campaign Web Sites, The Morning After
Chris Casey, Director of Online Campaigns for NGP Software
If campaign web sites had feelings, then on the morning after Election Day many would feel like a bride or groom left at the altar. Months of planning, buildup and being the center of attention ends abruptly in a frozen lonely stare.
After all of that work for their candidate, recruiting volunteers, raising money, building a community of supporters, and spreading campaign news, a very large number of campaign web sites freeze on Election Day. And that is a big mistake for the winners and losers alike.
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November 3rd, 2008
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Well, we’re just pleased as proverbial punch down here in the e.politics bunker, because this weekend I got published in The Root, a sister site to Slate.com. My first actual real-live (i.e., I get paid in money) article for a legitimate (don’t ask about the past) publication. And only 12.5 years after I left Texas planning to freelance write for a living — good thing the internet came along, or I’d have been sleeping in a ditch for a damn while by now.
Thanks to my mom for the opportunity for amateur anthropology, and also for editing the piece before I submitted it — she fixed some factual and tonal errors and also generally helped to tighten the whole thing up. See, that grad degree came in handy eventually. She would also like to note that the woman in the photo they chose to illustrate the article doesn’t look like her at all — she’s much more hip and not at all dowdy. Also, as I can now lay legitimate claim to being a commentator on Race In America (at least as much as I can claim to be a legitimate commentator on Politics In America), someone owes me a beer. Hi Life will do just fine, seeing as champagne is in order.
– cpd
November 3rd, 2008
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The mission: to build a Halloween costume that’s both politically topical and DOESN’T involve Sarah Palin. The constraints: limited time, weak hand/eye coordination, no patience. Bonus for: shininess. The result: political robocalls, embodied in physical form. Instructions and after-action report below the break.
Please note that this costume is not for amateurs — you’ll be in a box for hours, which takes both skill and commitment. Also, you’ll want to use the solid construction techniques described below, since people will try to answer your phone all night long (believe you me).
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November 2nd, 2008
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