Update: CBS yanks McCain/Palin “lipstick on a pig” online ad. Update: Boomers Get Hip to This Crazy ‘Internet Video’ Stuff. Update: DNC launches Sarah Palin: The Next Cheney. Also, Talking Points Memo Embraces The Pig (via...
Guess what — people who are trained to organize political action might just be able to hit back if you take ’em on. In the few hours since Republican V.P nominee Sarah Palin made fun of Barack Obama’s community organizer background...
Update: More online Palin-related satire. Somebody left the following video critique of the Republican vice-presidential pick as a link on the tPrez version of the Sarah Palin is Your New Segway article, so let’s reward a likely act of blatant...
Cross-posted on techPresident This just in from my friend Chris Cosart: the time of reckoning is at hand. I.e., the internet is turning its collective “genius” on Sarah Palin, meaning that she’s transcended the merely mortal to...
Back to work! But first, a few stories you might not want to miss. Daily Kos (indirectly) set off Palin pregnancy story, and Rightie bloggers Are Not Pleased. MySpace Page Provide Tabloids With Fodder On Palin Daughter’s Beau. Don’t Like...
This piece was written early in July for inclusion in the E-Voter Institute’s 7th Annual Survey of Political and Advocacy Communications Leaders and 3rd Annual Survey of Voter Expectations. Incorporated into Harnessing the Power of Social...
In which we look through the results of a couple of weeks’ worth of email discussions, Google Alerts and suggestions from friends and readers, plus some random browsing. Update: Blogger + NokiaN95 + Qik = New, Critical Journalism? Or, More of...
Want to see how rapid response works in a modern political setting? Take a look at this front-page article in today’s Post, because the Obama campaign’s reply to John McCain’s inability to remember how many houses he owns is a...
Q: How do you get two million people to donate to your campaign? A: Start with 1,999,999…. (Related joke: what’s the easiest way to get a small fortune? Start with a big one.). Seriously, last week the Obama campaign employed a classic...
Veep alert = cash call. Team Obama uses the Veepstakes to drive fundraising. C.f. Obama Plans Novel VP Announcement TXT. Update: Now he has online ads centering around it. Liberals Ask Justice to Probe McCain Bundler. MoveOn has a multi-front...