At a talk on Monday, Ellen Miller, Executive Director of the Sunlight Foundation (Andrew and Micah are advisers to the Sunlight Foundation), said "there is a fundamental cultural change that has to happen not only with government to embrace the notion of openness but even in the NGO sector to understand that 'of, by, and for the people' now has to become 'of, by, for, and open for the people' (at 2:15 in the video clip).

Conservative strategists team up to produce a new grassroots site for the right; some conservative bloggers are supporting Barack Obama, and some netroots bloggers are going for Clinton, while cats and dogs start living together; anti-Obama hoax emails are still making the rounds; a new Brave New Films video ties John McCain to another radical pastor; Obama gets vampiric in a new musical; Yes we shall... support Cobra Commander for president; Hillary Clinton has a secret meeting with a party official, and we have the footage; and Andrew Rasiej is crowned as a "czar" of the New York tech scene.

People, issues, opinions. Where do you stand?

Hillary wins IN, loses NC, and her Viagra may be running out; the pundits have annointed Obama the presumptive nominee; but Hillary's testicular fortitude remains; Hillary loans her campaign more money, doesn't directly ask supporters for money; Slate's Hillary Deathwatch is now in widget form; Obama supporters win Colbert's Democralypse; more government transparency in Utah.

I spent most of last night watching the Democratic election returns roll in, with the TV tuned to MSNBC but the sound turned down low, and my laptop in my hands, watching for live reaction and commentary on the event as it unfolded. Twitter, which has now become the web's virtual water-cooler, was my main guide, but while it was fun, I want more. The world live web is arguably already here, perhaps what we need to do is stitch it together a bit better for political events.

Matt Stoller on how the liberals rule the web; a report on how the netroots raised $400,000 for Donna Edwards; using Twitter to track the primaries; a new pro-Obama hip-hop song hits the tubes; a faux-Gas Tax Scam; disrupting the media narratives, one piece of content at a time; a new white paper on the MySpace Election; Dogpile caricatures the candidates; and comparing Obama and Clinton's pre-primary ad strategies.

A Facebook group tries to recapture the Spirit of '92 but gets obsessed with privacy instead; another Facebook group finds a million people who dislike George Bush; Tom Hanks posts a video in support of MySpace; Lamont Williams, where art thou?; Craig Newmark also supports Obama; Ron Paul publishes a book; and Bob Barr is set to run for president and launches a YouTube channel to prove it.

Color of Change pushes the popular vote as the Democratic decider; a video of John McCain being asked about a calling his wife a nasty name; Sidney Blumenthal's been sending around Obama rumor emails -- will he blame the "vast right-wing conspiracy"?; The GroundReport and the future of news; bloggers see the momentum shifting Clinton's way; robo-call voice Lamont Williams Twitters; and the Clinton campaign asks supporters to make t-shirts but still doesn't get online community.

A fury over robo-calls in NC; Slate's history of the Democratic race; James Wolcott on the growing schism in the Democratic party; a March Madness-inspired game lets you pick McCain's running mate; Lookforgood.org wants to attack negative campaigning with peace; the MOMocrats interview Obama; and Obama posts the delegate count on his website.

A North Carolina reporter/blogger sneaks into a closed Clinton event, and he feels okay about it; MoveOn the 15 finalists in its Obama in 30 Seconds contest; another contest from Project Breakout seeks to send bloggers to the conventions; the funniest DailyKos post ever?; Newt wants Lincoln-Douglas debates NOW!; Allison Fine chats about our Rebooting America project, and publishes a paper on the generation of Social Citizens; Matt Stoller thinks the Obama campaign is failing at reaching out to bloggers.