Tons o’ good stuff stacked up during the Online Politics 101 frenzy, so let’s split today’s Quick Hits into a domestic and an international edition. New Study On Congressional Staffers’ Attitudes Towards Citizen Advocacy. C.f...
New Online Politics 101 chapter Twitter is the newest significant weapon in the online politics arsenal: while it was a very limited arena as recently as the 2008 elections (Barack Obama had all of 50,000 followers by Election Day!), it’s...
A last look at 2010 — deploy your rear-view mirrors before reading. Blue State Digital Bought by WPP. That’s the press release; see also the Sky News blog post that broke the story. Next, read Nancy Scola’s Interview: Jascha...
Remember the halcyon days of 2007, when presidential campaigns competed for the honor of Most Creative Campaign Kick-Off Announcement? Hillary did her business on YouTube, while Barack promoted his video announcement via email, and several of the...
The return of Quick Hits! NOW you know it’s serious… Chris Hughes’ Jumo: A Social Network for the Social Sector, which generated A Lot of skepticism among those of us who, like, do this for a living. See First Reflections on Jumo...
Howdy folks, the new gig is going very well; more on that soon. But real quick, I’m going back on the air tonight with Rick Morris (our favorite paleoconservative) and the rest of the crew over at the FDH Lounge, this time for a post-election...
A new article from Google alum Chris Talbot, continuing the focus on getting out the vote in the last days before the election. Find out more about Chris at the Talbot Digital site and on Twitter. Also see his previous article covering online rapid...
Wrapping up September’s remaining stories in one elegant package. Update: How a handful of liberal bloggers are bringing down the Obama presidency. E.pol sez, if bloggers are that important, I want a raise. C.f. White House scorecard: MSNBC...
Buried in a Times piece today on what they portray as an internal Democratic debate about tying Republicans to some of the more-extreme statements of their Tea Party compatriots: At the Democratic National Committee, aides already have started work...
Weed! Cats! Craigslist sex at the Beck rally! What could it be but A Very Special pre-holiday beach-reading edition of Quick Hits. Glenn Beck launches conservative news site TheBlaze.com, and With “The Blaze,” Beck Promises Journalism...