Zephyr Teachout's check to Obama is sent back to her, but she doesn't mind; a "Yes We Can"-style video for John McCain?; And the kittenz take over the Yes We Can theme, adding Cheezburgers to the mix; some of our charts show Hillary ticking upward in online support; the folks behind Mitt Romey's video strategy talk; and techPresident sees more action in a weekend than Daytona during spring break.
| Read more ...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.
| Read more ...Rounding up last night's results, explanations, and prognostications; what's CNN? Online politicos tracked the action with Twitter, Google Maps, Flickr, and YouTube instead; Hillary is favored by Microsoft employees, Barack by Google: Hillsoft vs. Goobama?; Voices without Votes gives us international impressions of the race; what do we see when we take a closer look at John McCain?; and online advertising is stuck in the dark ages.
| Read more ...Super Bowl metaphors are employed to describe tomorrow's Super Tuesday's contests; Is Barack Obama Howard Dean on steroids?; Off The Bus pumps out citizen coverage of the Super Tuesday from across the country; Obama is a Mac, Clinton is a PC, McCain is... Linux?; the "Yes We Can" Obama video is becoming a cultural sensation; the New York Times' invites voters to document their local polling places; have we reached the ultimate moment in onffline activism?; and Obama breaks fundraising records, again.
| Read more ...Black bloggers dissect the racial under- and overtones of the ongoing spat between Obama and Clinton; Florida bloggers get busy in advance of the primary there; the Onion launches the amazing "War for the White House" site; some voters to Bill Clinton: "Just shut up"; Surprise! Fred Thompson drops out; differing opinions on what led to Thompson's lackluster support; Clinton and Obama battle it out online; why is so little money being spent online in the 2008, while almost $5 billion will be spent elsewhere?; and Mitt Romney lets the dogs out.
| Read more ...The netroots take issue with Barack Obama comparing himself to Ronald Reagan; Jose Antonio Vargas reminds us that the web isn't just about raising money but about bringing voters into the fold; another new site lets voters chart their stands on the issues next to the candidates, and William Shatner; and most of the candidates are doing little online to prepare for tomorrow's caucus and primary.
| Read more ...Round ups of the conservative blogosphere make it clear that the GOP contest is wide open; Ron Paul supporters may be getting the shaft on Digg and PayPal; Ars Technica decides the New Hampshire vote controversy isn't a big deal; Google announces Checkout for Political Contributions; and John Edwards' ad contest yields pretty creative entries.
| Read more ...Mitt Romney wins Michigan, and the war metaphors get upped a notch; it's not quite clear if Markos had any effect on the primary, and a CNN poll suggests most Dem votes went to McCain; Richard Viguerie launches a pro-Ron Paul site, harvests email addresses; Sarah Lai Stirland on the teenage forces behind Hucksarmy.com; Slashdot is conducting a reader-generated interview with the candidates; and beware: General Zod is runing for president, and will make you kneeeeel at his feet.
| Read more ...A new wiki documents the Clinton campaign's use of racialist attacks on Barack Obama; discovering some distressingly racist and homophobic content in Ron Paul's newsletters; OpenCongress launches MyOpenCongress; Why Tuesday talks to Lee Brenner of MySpace Impact; a video on Current calls out Mitt Romney about his dismissive approach to medical marijuana; and a request for a recall of New Hampshire primary votes is approved.
| Read more ...More on whether online activism can be turned into offline votes fro the Wharton Schooll; Ari Melber analyzes Barack Obama's impressive use of social networking and text messaging to target and organize young voters; a new Pew study shows that young people are getting much of their news from social networking sites; Jeff Jarvis charts the arc of the "change" meme; an anti-Huckabee video makes the leap from the web to TV; Kos urges his readers to vote for Romney in Michigan; Obama scores endorsements from Kerry, Miller, and Lamont; and Matt Stoller hopes Lamont can help turn Obama to his side.
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