The Web on the Candidates

• Jake Tapper, senior national correspondent for ABC News, has a series of web videos outlining the historical racial insensitivities of presidential aspirant, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE).
• Copies of Senator Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) "I'm in" video has appeared on YouTube and, collectively, amassed over 7,100 views, according to Donna Bogatin at ZDNet. However, the official upload, Bogatin writes, is not a "viral video sensation," registering only 550 views and eight subscribers to the "hillarydotcom" channel.
• In Arizona, several proposals take aim at opening up elections to prevent voter fraud. Jessica Coomes reports for the Arizona Daily Star that voters could watch live web video of ballots as they are counted. The live feed would be accessible through the secretary of state's website and film from the moment the ballots are brought into the vote-counting center of each county until they are fully tabulated.
• Think you got what it takes to be president but don't have the donor-base of a Clinton or a McCain? No problem. A website called U4Prez.com launched on Thursday and users can create profiles, build a platform and vie for votes. The winners from both parties will be featured in direct-mail and e-mail campaign to lobby members of Congress. (Hat tip: Bruce Reed, Slate)

The Candidates on the Web

• A new video of Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) featured on her campaign website discusses her goal of extended healthcare to all U.S. children. A recent poll released shows that Americans find the junior senator the toughest on terrorism in the presidential field is also featured.
• Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) is set to launch an innovative, web-based, fundraising tool called "QuickComMITT." The Politico's Mike Allen explains: "They will enter information about each person they call, down to whether they couldn't reach them or left a message. The system supersedes spreadsheets of past campaign and the tracking numbers that the Bush-Cheney campaign used to credit supporters for money they had raised."
• Iraq will play a crucial role in the nomination process and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) alerts site visitors of breaking news: his opposition to the Warner-Levin compromise regarding the non-binding resolution against President Bush's "surge." Along these same lines, former Governor Tommy Thompson (R-WI) voiced his support for partition in Iraq on his campaign site.
• When Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) launched his website early Wednesday morning, there were seven headshots of the 2008 hopeful on the main page. Blog P.I. picked up on it and took a screenshot. Biden's website now has five headshots, all bunched towards the upper right-hand corner. (Hat tip: Political Wire)
• Fresh off picking up Amanda Marcotte from Pandagon, Edwards (D-NC) also attained the services of Ben Brandzel, formerly of MoveOn, to be Director of Online Engagement.

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