Daily Digest: The Revolution? Televised, At Least a Little
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, July 29 2008
A new spot from MoveOn that will become MTV's second ever political ad involves jokey references to STDs and a confusing chicken metaphor -- both things that are big hits with the kids!; an activist group spawned online ... Read More
Daily Digest: Politics? One Column, Two Sentences, a Headline!
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, July 25 2008
We invoke "Fahrenheit 451" to assess Barack Obama's speech in Berlin yesterday; Obama gives a shout-out to the Iranian blogosphere; the McCain campaign launches a new event planning tool and the RNC unveils a fundraising ... 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
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: Case Study in "Worth a Try" Activism
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, July 9 2008
With it's last-ditch Night of Facebook Action, the anti-FISA group that was organized to protest Barack Obama's stance on the bill is turning into a case study in "worth a try" activism; Carly Fiorina is on the trail and ... 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