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Daily Digest: Tag Clouds as Truth Serum

BY Joshua Levy | Wednesday, December 12 2007

The tag clouds accompanying the Washington Post's candidate profiles are unexpectedly revealing; Ben Smith searches for the truth behind site that is vigorously pro-Hillary and anti-everyone else; a new site covering the ... Read More

Fred Thompson versus Floating Text and Conga Drums

BY David All | Friday, December 7 2007

Looking back on Fred Thompson's YouTube debate commerical, I would argue that it was one of the largest missed opportunities of the campaign. After all, 4.5 million viewers were tuned in and paying attention. This would ... Read More

Who Will Be America's First techPresident? Grading the Republicans

BY Editors | Thursday, December 6 2007

We studied the candidates' websites and statements, hunting for signs that they understand the importance of the internet and new technology for America's future. The Republican field, with the exceptions of Mike ... Read More

Daily Digest: NPR Liveblogs Its Own Debate! [CORRECTION]

BY Joshua Levy | Wednesday, December 5 2007

National Public Radio's staff liveblogs their own presidential debate -- is this a first?; a French writer aggregates all she can find about the presidential race; why aren't the candidates blogging? We're just asking ... Read More

This Week's Favorite Videos: Huckabee's Phone Call and Gravel's Power to the People

BY Joshua Levy | Friday, November 30 2007

Our favorite videos are back! This time around, the increasingly non-threatening Joe Biden gets quoted by his opponents; John Edwards posts a couple of strong campaign videos; Mike Huckabee gets a strong endorsement and ... Read More

Presidential Candidates Can't Resist Holiday Appeal in E-mails

BY Kate Kaye | Thursday, November 22 2007

Anniversaries and holidays elicit thoughts of family, togetherness, home cookin', and for political candidates, e-mail fundraising. For top-polled 2008 presidential candidates, special days like birthdays, Halloween, and ... Read More

Someone's Hijacked Rudy's Tweets!

BY Joshua Levy | Wednesday, November 21 2007

Blogger Blue NoVA subscribes to all of the candidates’ Twitter accounts, and today he noticed a doozy from the Giuliani campaign: “i wish someone from my campaign would actually use this,” ... Read More

Daily Digest: Where is the Republican ActBlue?

BY Joshua Levy | Wednesday, November 21 2007

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 ... Read More

Fred Thompson shares the spotlight...with you. [UPDATE]

BY David All | Friday, November 9 2007

A note from Fred Thompson's modern media guru, Sean Hackbarth, alerts us to their latest UGC campaign, Be A Star. It's not as rad as 10Q but more after the hop... Read More

Daily Digest: Is Ron Paul the Next Dean or Perot?

BY Joshua Levy | Wednesday, November 7 2007

Glenn Greenwald gives respect to Ron Paul and considers a comparison with Howard Dean; Danny Glover makes another comparison, this time to Ross Perot, warning that Paul may started getting similarly hounded in the press; ... Read More