UPDATE: Correction! It turns out that the call will take place next Thursday, April 30th, not today at all. There's really no explanation -- I just got it plum wrong. Sorry for the error. But at least this way you can plan ahead and clear your schedule.

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Just a note of reminder that two political bloggers who played a big role in pioneering what it means to be a political blogger -- Politico's Ben Smith and Air America's Ana Marie Cox -- will be the special guests on this next week's PdF network conference call, at 1pm EST. Details are here. Yep, we go traditional on these calls, using a technology the elders call a telephone (though I suppose you could just Skype in to the call). Join the PdF network for $60, and you get the same amount off of your registration for the upcoming conference. Really, how can you lose?

Ben and Ana Marie will talk on the topic of how to approach political bloggers without getting your fingers bitten off. Should be fun.

As an effective deployment of a modern media strategy, I want to share a recent example engineered by, among others, the Washington State Republican Party putting the hammer to Barack Obama after a *major* gaffe while campaigning in Oregon. I've been given exclusive insight on how this all went down.

Let's dig in...

New technologies that may impact '08; one GOP consultant's Amazon wishlist; a relationship between online video and fundraising?; a peek at Election 2024; McCain's catatonic blog; the non-existent link between experience and presidential greatness; YouTube expands YouChoose; MoveOn gears up for '08; Mindy Finn on her Romney role; and a new networked investigative resource.

More on young voters in 2008; lost votes in California?; Ben Smith shares the labor and the smarts; Real Clear Politics earns some kudos; Matt Stoller reinvents campaign finance reform; Patrick Leahy wants the Founding Fathers online; what went wrong for Mitt Romney; McCain aide shares some secrets; GOP "money-bomb" bombs; Josh reports from Italy; our favorite videos; and some reality checks to end the week.

Emailing Democratic superdelegates; divining why Silicon Valley voting for Clinton; youth registration and voting keeps rising; rating the best political data visualizations; Obama and Clinton keep raising huge amounts online, with Obama pulling away; meanwhile GOP efforts look flat; Obama vs U2?; Hillary's plugging her url a lot more; and viral political video here and in Australia