Daily Digest: The Well-Oiled Campaign Machine
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, July 17 2008
Bill Richardson and -- sooprise, sooprise -- Ron Paul come out on top of Slate's vice-presidential picker; the Obama campaign is, in the words of one Dean veteran, not innovative but "extraordinarily professional;" we ... Read More
Daily Digest: "Who's Web Savvy Now?"
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, July 16 2008
Team McCain pwns the Obama campaign by tracking screen captures that show changes to the Democratic candidate's website subsection on Iraq; with an innovative and occassionally funny digital townhall, Rep. John Culberson ... Read More
Networks of Voters
BY Editors | Saturday, July 12 2008
Karl Rove and I do not agree on much. Yet, his op-ed in the Wall Street Journal does provide an opportunity for overlap, and an affirmation that all politics is local... and social. Read More
Daily Digest: Netroots Grapples with Obama's Ideology
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, July 11 2008
The morning after President Bush signed FISA into law, the online left considers how it fits in Obama's world; John McCain turns to YouTube to make know his distaste for comments by his economic advisor Phil Gramm, ... Read More
Daily Digest: Welcome to the Nimble Web
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, July 10 2008
Now that FISA has been put to rest, what happens to the group that quickly formed to protest Obama's stance on the bill?; the Twitter Dome Scandal (we coined that!) heats up, and we break it all down for you; a new map ... Read More
Daily Digest: Tuesday's Basketful of Links
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, July 8 2008
The anti-FISA protests of Barack Obama swamp Google News search results for the bill; is the House of Representatives really trying to hush up Twittering Rep. John Culberson?; British PM Gordon Brown, facing no such ... Read More
Daily Digest: Defining "Mission Accomplished"
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, July 7 2008
As Barack Obama responds to protests of his FISA stance, we consider how an online action's success might be judged; NPR focuses on Hispanic voters and how candidates are working to get their messages delivered to them; ... Read More
How Revolutionary is Obama's Anti-FISA Group?
BY Patrick Ruffini | Friday, July 4 2008
But this development is more properly seen as a natural evolution in any open, networked system that is allowed to operate in the political space. The credit belongs to his supporters, not Obama. It's now a truism that ... Read More
Daily Digest: You're Not the Boss of Me Now...
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, July 3 2008
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 ... Read More
Anti-Telecom Immunity Group Tops MyBarackObama.com
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, July 2 2008
Attracting its 13,453rd member at about 11 EST tonight, a group dedicated to protesting Barack Obama's stand on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act became the largest group on MyBarackObama.com, the campaign's own ... Read More