Clearing the Cache: TMZ Comes to DC, Will Lobbyist Stalking Follow?

  • Gov. Corzine is using the web to get suggestions on the state budget, reports GovTech. Unfortunately, it's just a one-way suggestion-box form. FAIL.
  • Celebrity shlock blog TMZ decides that politics actual does have good looking people. Now, could they go stalk some lobbyists, please?
  • President Obama's teleprompter has a blog. Now that's funny. And it's already sucking up to Rush Limbaugh. And that's not.
  • Colorado and Nebraska are using Twitter accounts to share news of recovery spending
  • US Justice Dept reviews LittleSis and WhoRunsGov.

Watch This Meme: Is Obama Too Dependent on His Teleprompter?

Start a meme watch: Is President Obama too dependent on his teleprompter?

The Rightosphere has been trying to pump air into this question for a while now. For example, see this "Fox News report" from controversial conservative academic John Lott Jr. (who reportedly sock-puppeted reviews of one of his books on Amazon). AOL blogger Tommy Christopher debunks Lott's story handily.

Still, the meme appears to have legs, no doubt because the technology itself is glitchy. For example, RedState catches him and the Irish PM in a minor teleprompter-flub yesterday.

Here's how references to Obama and teleprompter appear to be tracking in the blogosphere: