Okay, I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for a good parody — especially one that mixes legislative politics with just the right amount of sleaze. In this case, to highlight provisions in the just-signed College Cost Reduction and Access...
Amy Schatz continues her consistently excellent coverage of online politics for the Wall Street Journal today with an article on how local candidates are benefitting from the explosion of online fundraising: Presidential candidate John Edwards has...
Hi y’all, after spending about 18 very exciting hours yesterday exploring Our Nation’s transportation infrastructure (note: airports suck), I’m finally ensconsed deep in the Piney Woods of East Texas. The pre-trip work frenzy is...
A colleague passed along this little gem from an email message yesterday: “IEER’s comments on the DOE’s NOI to prepare EIS on Disposal of GTCC LLRW are now posted on the web at….” Apparently, this translates to...
As part of an article on Democratic presidential fundraising and Barak Obama’s difficulty in turning money into poll numbers, Perry Bacon Jr. and Matthew Mosk note in today’s Post that Hillary Clinton in particular has a problem: 70% of...
When 30,000 people show up in a small Southern town to protest a racially tinged prosecution, the mainstream media take notice. But for months beforehand, the story of the “Jena Six” was largely spread over our beloved Internets, as NPR...
Cross-posted on techPresident A little bird dropped something off via email the other day that I thought you guys might be interested in — it’s a new twist on the classic political house party fundraiser. For years, campaigns have...
Hi kids, I’ve pretty well swamped with work the past couple of days and will be in Philly all day Wednesday for meetings. But don’t despair! You should be able to receive your regular dose of e.politics again later in the week, Lord...
One of the marine conservation folks at my day job passed along this little critter yesterday — it’s an online game that uses the classic Space Invaders model, only this time you’re a whale trying to stop Japanese whaling ships by...
Interesting findings from a new study of the use of text messaging to send day-before-election reminders to vote — 5% ain’t bad, and it sure was cheap ($1.56 per vote vs.$20-$70 for other methods). Conducted by the Student PIRGs’...