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The folks out in Mountain View jump into political waters with both feet; the Democratic fundraising hub ActBlue has raised what is technically known in the field as "gobs and gobs of cash;" we indulge our Olympic obsession; l'affair Edwards exposes a rift in the liberal blogosphere; a former Clinton Administration official challenges McCain's recollection of his tech accomplishments on Capitol Hill; and quite a tremendous amount more.
login or register to post comments | Read more ...Obama reaches 2 million donors, BarelyPolitical barely keeps my attention, McCain's tech policy review, techPresident is honored with a nomination, Obama and McCain's YouTube channels
login or register to post comments | Read more ...As an anti-telecom immunity group takes the top slot on MyBarackObama.com, we ask if we're about to witness a case of 'meet the new boss, same as the old boss;' road trip! College Republicans hit the trail, driving cross-country without laying down tire tracks in Democratic districts; a congressional candidates XML-inspired t-shirt inspires a flurry of fundraising; and much, much more.
login or register to post comments | Read more ...The Michigan GOP greets Barack Obama's arrival in the Great Lakes State with a new ad asking "what took you so long?;" the blogosphere doesn't take kindly to the Associated Press's suggestion that the company decides what constitutes fair use; Real World Republicans launches; ActBlue starts tracking where what happens on the campaign trail meets online fundraising progress; and more.
login or register to post comments | Read more ...Thanks to a new nonpartisan service called VoterVoter, you can not only be an ad-maker who spreads your ideas on the net -- you can get your ad on television, without having to learn how to navigate the complicated world of TV ad-buying, targeting and placement. Could this be the ActBlue of political advertising?
login or register to post comments | Read more ...Will students show up to caucus in Iowa? Maybe, if Facebook can help it; CNET laments the lack of attention paid to tech policy in 2007; the Ron Paul blimp flies while John Edwards is denied funds. Fair?; Garrett Graff gets Slashdotted; and thousands of Ron Paul supporters tell NPR just who they are.
login or register to post comments | Read more ...The FEC recommends that John Edwards not receive matching funds for the $4.3 million he raised on ActBlue, and DailyKos protests; a single Republican activist has a list of 71 million Christian voters, prompting the left to grasp for their own; Craig Newmark co-hosts an Obama fundraiser; Glamour magazine launches a group blog about the race; Barack Obama ba-reaks the 200,000 MySpace barrier; Chris Dodd speaks at Google, asks them to write his tech policy; and Matt Lewis says negative blogging is just hitting its stride.
3 comments | Read more ...Matt Bai identifies the core lesson of the Dean campaign, and says that almost no 2008 campaigns have actually learned it; ActBlue seeks to move beyond individual fundraising; William Beutler stays on the Republican ActBlue beat; the ONE campaign produces videos of the candidates' statements on poverty, but most Republicans aren't involved; OuijaVote 2008 is the first project to restore our "paranormal democracy"; new Compete data breaks down candidate site popularity by state; and our Hitwise charts show Mike Huckabee pulling even with Ron Paul in his share of web traffic.
login or register to post comments | Read more ...The Times take: less visually interesting than the Dem debate (by design), but voters again asked very interesting, serious questions: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/post-debate-video-wrap-up/
I think CNN/YouTube, despite the objections aired here and elsewhere, have again shown that their format works pretty darn well.
Also, a profile on ActBlue.com's Matt DeBergalis and Ben Rahn: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/us/politics/29actblue.html?ref=politic...
login or register to post comments | Read more ...David All's Slatecard pulls in its first modest haul, but no Republican site has managed to approximate ActBlue's success; Fred Thompson decentralizes his volunteer calling methods, released voter names into the wild; VA Senate opponents Jim Gilmore and Mark Warner post wildly different campaign videos; and House Republicans are Twittering, are "at the bar downtown talking 2 voterz";
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