Elizabeth Warren Doubles Down On Celebrity Support In E-mail Solicitation
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Friday, May 11 2012
Back in February Republican Senator Scott Brown and the state Republican party attacked Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren for relying on Hollywood celebrities to raise campaign cash. The Massachusetts GOP released a ... Read More
Senate Passes Controversial Jobs Act, With Landmark Crowdfund Investing Provision
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Thursday, March 22 2012
The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to approve a controversial package of bills that would loosen the rules that govern the process of raising money and going public for small businesses and startups. The legislation would ... Read More
Testing the SuperPAC-Free Massachusetts Senate Campaign
BY Nick Judd | Friday, March 9 2012
In an email to supporters, Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren just announced that after an online conversation with supporters, she's asked Sen. Scott Brown to donate money to the Autism Consortium, a network of medical and research institutions in the Boston and Worcester areas, in accordance with a pledge both contenders for the Senate reached in January.
An independent group placed an ad recently on Brown's behalf. Brown and Warren had pledged that should outside groups enter the race on one candidate's behalf, that candidate would donate to a charity of the other candidate's choice from its campaign funds — which would, in theory, negate the financial benefits of outside money entering the race.
Read MoreSpotted: Scott Brown Ads on YouTube
BY Miranda Neubauer | Wednesday, February 29 2012
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has begun advertising his campaign online beyond Massachusetts using the Google ad network, including on YouTube. Read More
'Draft Warren' Campaign Already Raking In the Bucks Online
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, July 19 2011
A Progressive Change Campaign Committee fundraising effort to draft Elizabeth Warren launched yesterday has already raised $40,000. David Catanese reported yesterday that the PCCC had raised $15,000 in only four hours, ... Read More
On Tweeting in a Tornado
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, May 5 2011
Federal Emergency Management Administration Administrator Craig Fugate is now discussing social media and disaster response with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs. C-SPAN is offering ... Read More
Trippi to Mass. and Massie
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, April 26 2011
Long-time strategist Joe Trippi has signed up with Democrat Bob Massie's campaign in Massachusetts to unseat Sen. Scott Brown, notes Ben Smith: Trippi, who notes that he began his career working for Ted Kennedy's 1980 ... Read More
Gingrich's Traces Brown Victory Back to Tea Parties and Web
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, April 16 2010
Newt Gingrich makes a habit of getting out in front of trends he spots marching along. Worth noting, then, is that at an appearance in West Texas, he connects Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts to two big happenings ... Read More
The Strange Tale of Scott Brown, Rachel Maddow, and a Tweet Goof that Maybe Wasn't (Updated)
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, March 23 2010
Click to enlarge Part of the joy of politics is that there's always something new and strange right around the corner. Read More
Right-roots vs Net-roots: Whose Online Donor Base is Bigger?
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, March 5 2010
How big are the right-roots? And how do they stack up against the net-roots? I've been asking that question of various people lately, and also looking at some of the metrics available, as both sides of the American ... Read More