Daily Digest: 7/2/07
BY Joshua Levy | Monday, July 2 2007
The Web on the Candidates Two weeks ago we reported about John Edwards' "Demand and Be Heard" competition, in which the campaign encouraged supporters to use Eventful to "demand" an appearance by Edwards in their town. ... Read More
As if The Bat never happened
BY Zack Exley | Friday, June 29 2007
On this day in the parallel universe of the 2003-2004 cycle, we were all watching history being made. The politics of money in presidential primaries was being turned on its head forever by a daring gamble by Joe Trippi. ... Read More
Daily Digest: 6/29/07
BY Joshua Levy | Friday, June 29 2007
The Web on the Candidates There's a new video parody of Hillary Clinton's search for a theme song, and it's spot-on. In the video, which was produced by the Ask a Ninja team and Candace Brown (who plays Hillary ... Read More
Daily Digest: 6/28/07
BY Joshua Levy | Thursday, June 28 2007
The Web on the Candidates As we mentioned a few days ago, David Colarusso's Community Counts added a new feature that lets voters vote for their favorite video submissions for the upcoming CNN/YouTube Democratic debate. ... Read More
Daily Digest: 6/25/07
BY Joshua Levy | Monday, June 25 2007
The Web on the Candidates The Economist writes that "America’s 2008 presidential campaign may be remembered as much for the candidates’ frantic activity on the internet as for their stump speeches and television ... Read More
Edwards Campaign Circumvents Limits of Mobile Fundraising -- For Now
BY Colin Delany | Sunday, June 24 2007
Toward the end of last week, the John Edwards campaign pulled off a bit of a technological coup they got around the inherent limits of raising money via cell phone text message. But here's the rub: the tools they ... Read More
Daily Digest: 6/22/07
BY Joshua Levy | Friday, June 22 2007
The Web on the Candidates Todd Zeigler at the Bivings Report articulates a strategy I've been trying to find the words for: he calls Ron Paul's dependence on third-party sites for campaign video, campaign news, ... Read More
Note to Candidates: There's This Thing Called "Facebook"
BY Joshua Levy | Thursday, June 21 2007
It’s been over three weeks since Facebook launched its Platform, and no candidates have followed Barack Obama (who may have had an inside tip about the launch) by building their own Facebook apps. This is a bit ... Read More
Daily Digest: 6/21/07
BY Joshua Levy | Thursday, June 21 2007
The Web on the Candidates The Media Bloggers Association has announced that PBS will be giving bloggers press credentials for next week's Democratic Presidential Forum hosted by Tavis Smiley at Howard University. ... Read More
Daily Digest: 6/20/07
BY Joshua Levy | Wednesday, June 20 2007
The Web on the Candidates Jay Rosen and Arianna Huffington have released more details about their joint citizen journalism project that will offer an alternative to horse-race journalism by opening up the process of ... Read More