Just a few hours to go until the government shuts down! While some folks may be turning to random Craigslist hookups to pass their time at home, the political world has money on its mind, rather than sex. Much of the coverage of the defund-Obamacare...
[Man, these got out of hand! But now that the extensive queue is empty, let’s start running Quick Hits weekly. Look for them on Fridays from here on out…as always, Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise.] The Militant Group...
Remember those creative advocacy campaigns we talked about last week? A couple of them illustrated a dirty little secret to Facebook success: if you want to get your content widely shared, and you have an email list, send out a message asking people...
Here’s a small example of why pushing the “send” button on a mass email is the scariest thing in the digital politics communications world: Yes, the message template had a little snippet of default text at the top, and whoever...
After a couple of cycles in which Republican online presidential campaign staff didn’t seem to know what hit them, a book about Obama 2012’s data and analytics operation is suddenly all the rage on the Right. NY Mag’s Steve Friess...
Molly Knight Raskin has a completely unexpected 9/11 story in Slate today, about the man who was quite likely the first victim of that morning (a former member of an Israeli counter-terrorism team who happened to be on board the flight that would...
Update: As I was writing this piece, ANOTHER Emily’s List email hit my inbox…supporter-mobilization in action. Some of those crazy kids on the Right have been having fun lately…at least, what THEY consider fun. First up:...
The Hill reported this morning on a fascinating development in the internal Republican war over the strategy to threaten a government shutdown if Democrats won’t agree to “defund” Obamacare: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio...
A small milestone slipped by unnoticed a week or two back: the seven-year anniversary of the launch of Epolitics.com. Wow! In that long-ago summer of 2006, George W. Bush was President, the Republicans controlled Congress, YouTube was a year old...
So, here’s one way Organizing for America (which runs the former Obama campaign supporter list) is going to use its grassroots base: pressuring Congressmembers in their districts during the August recess. From OFA’s Jon Carson: Friend...