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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.