Quick Hits — February 5, 2008

Yay, Super Tuesday, the most wonderful time of the year. The following Hits will be updated throughout the day. See also yesterday’s list.

• Update: Just got a Drudge Siren email alert, and apparently Obama is “large” in the exit polls. It’s gonna be an interesting night; I’m off to the parties.
• Update: The Inside Story of Obama’s Online Music Video.
• Update: In an Internet First, Americans Abroad Cast E-Votes in Democratic Primary.
• Update: Barack Obama’s Web Site Overwhelmed During (Last Night’s) Clinton Appearance.
• Update: US Voters Using Google to Find Polling Places.
• Update: The Rationality Gap: Campaigns Way Behind the Online Advertising Curve. Alan Rosenblatt: “For 10% of their ad budgets they could dominate the web.”
• A brief distraction: Venn diagram of the British Islands. Thanks to Chris Cosart for a helpful find.
• Update: A Clinton campaign conference call is a study in spin. Check out the ending — a Fox debate?
• Update: I Hope It’s a Hoax. The (politically) provocative e-mail that “Chelsea Clinton” is sending around.
• Update: Obama Leads in Online Buzz, Favorite Sites by Visitors’ Party Affiliation Issued. Which candidates are dominating the online discussion?
• Update: Does web traffic tell us that Obama and Huckabee will win big today? Josh is skeptical, and for good reason. More from the tPrez Daily Digest, including lots of nonrepresentative online polls and a look at Barack Obama’s hockey stick.
• Update: AZ Robocall Hits Obama On Social Security.
• Update: Primary Jam. Excellent WSJ interactive guide to this year’s primary election pile-up, and a good demonstration of how to present information with technology.
• Update: The E-War: Dems: All Hillary Wire, All the Time. Hillary’s election-day email blitz. More on the expectations battle from Slate.
• Update: McCain Tops the Democrats in Media Coverage.
• The Early Word: Super Fat Tuesday. Good overview of what’s ahead.
• The Opposite of Interactivity. Zephyr Teachout’s not so impressed with Hillary’s online/offline national town hall, but PoliticsTV’s Dan Manatt likes it better. C.f. Checking in With the Politically-Active Social Networking Generation and Clinton On Message, and On Television. Update: Also, Creating Those Hallmark Moments.
• Romney Internet-Only Ad Ties McCain to Clinton. See also McCain, Romney Unveil New Attack Ads.
• New HRC Mailer Hits Obama On Economy. Direct mail = probably the oldest form of database-driven politics.
• Push Polling, Robo Calls and Other Telephonic Shenanigans.
• Obama’s $28M Online. Patrick Ruffini on the death of offline fundraising. Update: That $32 million total for January turns out to be more than twice that of the Clinton campaign.
• Students On How Social Networking Is Transforming Politics.
• Web Graphics and Social Media Bring A Bird’s Eye View of Celebrity Presidential Endorsements.
• The Web and the Race For the White House. Overview of online support.
• Ron Paul’s candidacy shows the potential (and limits) of online politics. A short email interview with the candidate.
• In Election of Change, TV Gives Voice to Insiders. No insurgency on the airwaves.
• On The Road Again, And Again, And Again. Life of an embedded political journalist.
• Shifting Loyalties: Obama Winning Big Edwards Backers.
• Bill Clinton on Hillary Clinton’s Web 2.0 presidency.
• Facebook Used to Mobilize Against FARC. “In Colombia, a Facebook page dedicated to protesting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, that country’s largest rebel group, is helping organize thousands of people in cities around the world for demonstrations.”
• Lots of Super Tuesday cell phone sounds at RingTones08.
• Super Tuesday Gladiators. “Billy, do you like movies about gladiators and Hillary Clinton?”

– cpd