The 30 House Dems at the Top of the GOP’s Target List, plus Redrawing The Lines: Growing National Focus on Redistricting. Trendsmap: Twitter Trends + Google Maps = Awesome. The Invention of Net Neutrality. How the issue grew online. How a...
Also published on techPresident The announcement largely got lost in Friday clutter, but U.S. campaign finance restrictions took a serious hit at the end of last week. With the Roberts Supreme Court already apparently reconsidering past precedents...
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...
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...
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...
It’s Christmas in June! One of those common requests that floats around the email lists is, “does anybody have a copy of a sample _______ that I can take a look at?” Maybe it’s a contract, maybe it’s specification or a...
Update: As Obama’s speech looms, “Security agencies in Egypt ‘do not know what to do with connectivity’ — the ability of bloggers, Twitterers and Facebook users to share information and quickly assemble a crowd.”...
STILL haven’t caught up on the online politics and advocacy blogs, but let’s clear the proverbial cache and make room for some fresh links. Congratulations to Adam Conner and Tanya Tarr! 6 in 10 Twitter Users Jump Ship Within a Month...