Interesting times down here in the bunker — yesterday the site happened to hit several milestones all at once. First, the @epolitics Twitter feed (which doubles as my personal account) finally reached its 1000th subscriber, who depending on...
Hey y’all, if you missed the sound of e.politics parachuting into the FDH Lounge on September 2nd (hello, Cleveland!), never fear — they’ve posted the audio in their archives, so swing on by and give it a listen. The first hour or...
Also published on techPresident Update: As of noon today, Wilson’s Democratic opponent has seen $200,000 flow into his coffers via online donation site ActBlue, in part due to advocacy on Lefty blogs. Ouch! | Update 2: a couple of hours later...
After Labor Day, catching up with the advocacy blogs, and more. Presidential (campaign) Expenditures — note how little goes to online media. How to fake a grassroots uprising. C.f. How To Identify Astroturfers And Front Groups, via Craig...
If you didn’t have a chance to catch Wednesday’s FDH Lounge radio show, they’ll be posting the link soon, and I’ll let you know when you can swing on by the archives ’cause you oughta give it a listen. Host Rick Morris...
Late-summer links, fresh off the grill. Update: Online politics leads to offline activism. In other news, the internet can be used to raise money! And promote issues! Plus, water is wet! Okay, okay, go straight to the source for the full story...
Also published on techPresident A quick correction to “Learning from Obama” — roughly two-thirds of Barack Obama’s online fundraising in 2007-2008 came in directly via an email solicitation, meaning that the money was donated...
Guest article! Christina Zola wrote the piece below based on her notes from what must have been a fantastic public brainstorming session this past July 29th. Sponsored by the Progressive Communicators of DC and facilitated by Massey Media’s...
Remember that Twitter op-ed piece I wrote a couple of months ago? Let’s take a deeper look at it now that a little time has passed and see what we can learn, since writing a column for the newspaper is a time-honored way to influence the...
Clearing the proverbial cache, of a few stories that have stuck on the list over the past few weeks. It Came from Wasilla. Todd Purdum’s Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin — w/o it, her July 3rd press conference is incomprehensible (with...