Hey kids! Two upcoming events of note: Personal Democracy Forum is looming up a lot more quickly than I realize — it’s less than two weeks away now. I hope they have a sizeable red carpet; lots of Big Name (in our world) speakers will be...
The End of the Beginning! Mike Allen: “‘Thank you, Senator Clinton,’ says the home page of BarackObama.com, which harvests e-mail and text addresses with a form inviting: ‘Take a minute to thank her for her hard work and for...
That was quick — the RNC has already sent out an email attempting to raise money using the specter of an Obama presidency as a hook (I bet that message has been in the can for quite a while). Some hightlights: The liberal special interest...
Back to work! Here’s what you’ve missed the past few days: Have a Peaceful Memorial Day Week-end, Undeclared Superdelegates! Love, Arianna. Keynote presentation: Russell Simmons on how hip-hop fans build brands. Note: we’re going...
Update: News-starved Burmese snap up grim cyclone videos. McCain widens dialogue on blogs. Via tPrez. C.f. McCain Campaign Pioneers A First: Courting Lefty Bloggers. The Amazing Money Machine: How Silicon Valley made Barack Obama this year’s...
It’s been a busy couple of weeks here in the Lone Star State: besides dancing with armadillos and tossing the occasional grenade, I’ve been wrapping up work on my second Joomla site, We Are Wetlands. It’s a project of the Theodore...
Update: MoveOn Targets McCain Aides. Obama: Smear emails “not just a random sort of viral thing”. Racist Secret Service E-Mails. Oof. I mean really, oof. Stupid enough to think, even more stupider to email. How to spot Photoshop...
You wouldn’t know it from watching most television news outlets, but a major story has been brewing behind the scenes since it originally broke in the Times Magazine on April 20th: many of the seemingly objective former military officers...
Update: The Obama Camp Dials It Forward. Post-primary conference call plays it subtle, while all is well in ClintonLand. McCain Launches Spanish-Language Website. Wonder how the Minutemen (no, not THE Minutemen) will feel about THAT one? Bury bad...
Adding Video to Turn Dead-End ‘Thank You’ Pages Into Viral Marketing Campaigns. The Obama campaign finds yet another sweet spot for online recruiting. The Post Is Having A Rough Day. Spam attack! Reluctantly, a Daily Stops Its Presses...