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...
New Obama site ties McCain to Keating with video and text. What was that you were saying about Ayers? Note that an overnight email previewed the video for supporters and encouraged them to spread it around. C.f. Obama Campaign Uses Micro-site To...
Cross-posted on K Street Cafe Congress does not lack for citizen input — every year, hundreds of millions of emails, faxes, letters and calls crashland on the Hill, and some congressional offices are so overwhelmed that they’ve basically...
The weirdest/most intense political year just won’t slow down. Finance Industry Giving Visualized. “Wonder just how Wall Street has become so influential on Capitol Hill that it can command the attention of the federal government from...
The peasants are revolting! The latest evidence comes in a quick email from Convio, one of the online advocacy providers: Please be advised that the House of Representatives is currently imposing limits on inbound communications from constituents...