Hey kids, this post comes to you from an Undisclosed Location somewhere in the Eurasian landmass (hint: the locals speak an Indo-European language, except when they don’t), where I’m currently ensconsed in a hotel bar enjoying among the...
The online version of an irrestistible force versus an immovable object? Lefty internet activism powerhouse MoveOn.org is now taking on Facebook, specifically over the social networking site’s new features that expose even more personal...
Hmmm, this one doesn’t hold up so well in retrospect…wishful thinking in action. Also published on The Huffington Post According to some of our Republican colleagues, the Democrats’ electoral fate is already settled in 2010, and it...
For more, see this take on the fundamental insincerity of YouCut Just got a call from a reporter looking for context on the latest pay-attention-to-me trick from House Republicans, announced today by Eric Cantor — they’re now going to...
Here’s an event that challenges one assumption that underlies a lot of what you’ve read on e.politics: Paper-free Politics: How the Internet Replaced Traditional Outreach in the TX Governor’s Race In the early primary campaign...
If you’re still in the planning stage for the 2010 elections, be sure to check out two new publications from Winning Campaigns. First, take a look at their magazine’s 2010 Political Technology issue, which features articles on...
Wow, here’s a sign that online political fundraising has gone full-on mainstream: Democratic campaign finance website ActBlue announced today that it’s reached the impressive total of 1,000,000 individual donations (an excuse for a...
Though he was against it before he was for it, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez has now embraced Twitter with glee and vigor, rising to become the most-followed person in his country within days. Of course, Twitter’s a natural choice for a public...
Also published on The Huffington Post At dinner the other night, a friend and I ended up talking about ways to drag one of the more hierarchical and hidebound segments of the Progressive Movement (a.k.a. The Great Leftist Conspiracy) into the modern...
California, batten down the hatches and hide the children — the Demon Sheep is loose on the land again. And now he’s shearing the hand that once fed him, as this time it’s former patron Carly Fiorina wilting under his baleful...