Cross-posted on techPresident Over the past few months, we’ve gotten tantalizing hints of the level of integration of online and offline organizing that the Obama campaign has achieved. For instance, of the $32 million that his campaign raised...
Cross-posted on techPresident A chat I had with a couple of folks from Radio Singapore International this weekend called up something that’s been playing around in my head for a while now: the idea that we’re seeing the birth of a host...
Cross-posted on techPresident I hate to agree with Jonah Goldberg on anything, but… Okay, it’d be an exaggeration to say that I side with his recent LA Times op-ed about online politics, but I agree that the rise of the political...
Cross-posted on techPresident. By many accounts, Republican candidate Ron Paul has become an online political phenomenon: despite polling in the low single digits nationally, as of today he has more Facebook supporters than McCain, more MySpace...
The king is dead, and none among us is worthy of his throne. I’d never met him or even read his name until today, but his words have etched deep grooves in my mind, into which my ad copy has gratefully slipped: In Japan, the hand can be used...
Looking at coverage of the online political world, I sometimes wonder if we’re missing the point: blogs, YouTube and social media are fun and interesting, but are they winning elections? Thinking about the Lieberman/Lamont primary, it seems...
Updated January, 2011 1. Think about the ends before you think about the means I know it sounds obvious to say that you should think about where you’re going before you decide how to get there, but I can’t tell you how many times a...