Whew, that was one hell of a week-and-half — South By Southwest is so overwhelming and immersive that you’re almost glad when it’s over, though the real world feels flat and quiet by comparison. Work is a relief, a familiar groove...
When you’re the director of social media for General Motors, you have a political job whether you expect it or not. At an SXSW panel on the “Digital Tsunami” that brews up around breaking news events, GM’s Christopher Barger...
The next time your boss wonders why your company or organization’s blog hasn’t blown to the top of the popularity charts, consider this: running a top-level political blog is a serious logistical undertaking. People often point to Daily...
Part Four of a six-part series Attracting the largest army of supporters ever seen in a modern American election is one thing, but even more impressive is that the Obama campaign managed to put them to work — as online recruiters, as cash...
In typical fashion, the fast-approaching SXSW trip has done wonders to focus the mind here in the e.politics bunker — and by “focus the mind,” I mean, “cause a panicked rush to finish a ton of projects.” First on the...
Here’s a clever little application from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: the Republican Apology Machine, which lets you send a nice note to Rush Limbaugh “from” any of several Republican notables (including Michael...
The Daily Show takes on Twitter, plus Tired of Twitter? You ain’t alone and Congress on Twitter: Getting Between the 435 and the 140. Also note a couple of examples of when Congressmembers should think before they Tweet. If you haven’t...
Part Three of a six-part series With a team in place and technology under development, the Obama campaign wasted no time in building their most important resource: the list of volunteers who would work to elect the Illinois senator president. And...
This just in from the folks at the online bookie BetOnline.com: After his appearance at the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference), some say Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who most know by his political moniker, “Joe the Plumber”...
A Shailagh Murray/Paul Kane article in Thursday’s Post illuminates a serious problem for advocacy groups: Congress has so much on its plate this year that there’s little room left. With Democrats holding the presidency and running...