Back from post-election mental vacation, if not exactly willingly. Big-picture pieces: How Obama won and How He Did It, both via PoliticalWire. Obama and the dawn of the Fourth Republic. What a difference five years makes, if you use it right...
Cross-posted on techPresident Barack Obama elected president in 2008? Inconceivable without the internet — and that’s not just a web-guy’s brag. Sarah Lai Stirland has already wrapped up online technology’s critical role in...
Divided by topic and updated throughout the evening. I’ll also be on Fox5’s live election coverage tonight and on Twitter. Update: easy link to the Fox5 live web stream. Election Coverage Update: The Next President’s First Text...
Would-be Obama assassins met online, of course. Popular Conservative Blog Backs Alaska Democrats. The Election That Has the Whole World Blogging. Tweet Your Voting Moment. Obama Campaign Streams Closing Argument Online. Sexy Robocall Flogs...
McCain Volunteer’s Claim of Attack Unravelled, Online and Off. C.f. Tweets Give Race-Baiting Hoaxster a ‘B’ for Effort Twitter’s Role in Digital Democracy. C.f. Campaigns need to listen to the Internet Media and Update:...
Cross-posted on techPresident Sunday’s announcement from the Obama campaign confirmed it: whatever other political roles it may play, the internet is one hell of a way to fund a campaign. Obama raised more than $150 million in September...
Local California GOP Site Endorses E-mail Smears, Said ‘Waterboard Obama’. Watching Joe The Plumber on Google Trends. You Got Mail? Analysis Shows That Sometimes, McCain’s Supporters Don’t. McCain’s deliverability...
Hell of a season, eh? We’ve just about had everything — from lipstick on a pig all the way to a full-on financial panic, with two ongoing wars and the lingering effects of an oil-price shock playing in the background. Too much too much...
Seen yesterday in the window at Skynear and Company in Adams Morgan: Mmmmmmmmmmm satire, my favorite! And quick turnaround time, too. But wait, there’s more — a third panel in the series is waiting for you at the corner of 18th and...
Update: MoveOn Grows Up. Bloggers Fact-Check Prez Candidates. C.f. High-Tech Analysis Obscures Presidential Debate and Public Submitted Thousands of Debate Questions Online, Not Millions (more on the debates here shortly, Lord willin’ and the...