Quick Hits is back! Let’s clear the queue with a campaign-heavy (and social media-focused) catch-up edition. Enjoy. N.Y. Times blocks access to homepage for staff, to highlight importance of mobile. Hillary Clinton just ceded her Twitter handle to a supporter (and here’s why marketers...
Read More »Consulting work has conquered the e.politics bunker of late, but let’s kickstart the publishing schedule with the best digital politics reading list on Earth. The Permanent Campaign’s Desperate, Hungry, and Uncouth Hunt for Cash. Can Hillary Clinton Manage a Presidential Campaign? The...
Read More »How a Ragtag Band of Activists Won the Battle for Net Neutrality . Jeb Bush’s new web chief scrambles to erase embarrassing tweets about gays and women. Also, hateful, rude, etc., and c.f. Jeb Bush’s New Chief Of Tech Has Female Trouble: Slut Shaming . Not surprisingly, Bush aide...
Read More »Koch Brothers Will Spend $889 Million on 2016, as Clinton plans to astound, intimidate with fundraising ‘like nothing you’ve seen’. Not surprsingly, A Massive Wave of Secret Money Is Coming. Supporters say Clinton developing smarter, more relevant campaign for 2016...
Read More »Bush Announces Formation of PAC, via cell phone, video and Instagram. C.f. Leader of the PAC: Jeb Bush moves a step closer to announcing his 2016 presidential bid—and keeping his promise of running a very different campaign. But apparently, Jeb Bush Is Playing Social Media Catch Up. Rand...
Read More »Enough good reading about internet politics and advocacy to keep us busy until the New Year’s hangovers fade. [Image: Deep Impact probe comet collision. Boom!] The Kochs eclipse the RNC: Meet the guys behind the right’s best data shop. Koch brothers create an alternate campaign...
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