Talk about timing: just Monday a group of Republican notables working with the RNC put a plan to revive the party, and here at Epolitics.com, we already had a response ready to roll. The RNC’s Growth and Opportunity Project report hasn’t...
Hi folks, I have big news to announce: I’m launching a new digital strategy consultancy. Time to ride the waves of capitalism! My goal is to focus on digital strategy for nonprofits, campaigns and companies, with an emphasis on helping clients...
Because too much digital politics is never enough. Update: Disgruntled Republicans Livetweet Obama’s Closed-Door Speech. Obama to Huddle With Organizing for Action Group today. Meanwhile, New Obama Nonprofit Worries Some Democratic Leaders...
Well, a data-driven democracy itself may not be in the offing in just two months (though a robot-driven FOREIGN policy is apparently now ours to enjoy), but coming up in May, we get to talk about about data in politics at the Annenberg School at...
Karen Tumulty captured an interesting internet-fueled dynamic around Rand Paul’s Senate filibuster last week: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) created a sensation Wednesday by railing for nearly 13 hours straight in the Senate chamber against the Obama...
Utterly gratuitous photo of the Extra Grumpy Cat When Barack Obama crossed the nerd-culture streams in his Jedi Mind Meld moment last week, he created great joy on the internets: by combining the Star Wars Jedi Mind Trick and the Star Trek Vulcan...
Time for us to get a little learnin’ — and to head up the road to NYC. Two old friends (Charles Lenchner and Elana Levin) are putting this event together, and I’ll be helping out wherever they need me (sounds like I’ll be...
The Pew Research Center has a study out this week that should confirm what a lot of us have felt when people have tried to use the tone of social media coverage to gauge public opinion. Their top-line findings: The reaction on Twitter to major...
Here’s a bit of a coup for our friends at POPVOX.com, who were also featured in that recent “50 Hottest” list in BusinessInsider: when advocates use the POPVOX site to post documents supporting or opposing legislation, they now go...
Here’s a milestone to consider: digital politics has now been around long enough now that authors can start writing about how it HAS changed people’s lives, rather than about how it WILL change their lives. Case in point? Andy...