Jose Antonio Vargas thinks Barack Obama's early popularity online pointed to his electoral success; Color of Change hits Hillary for "race-baiting"; Al Franken is annoyed by a pesky blogger; the New York Times botches superdelegate data, and Congresspedia gets it right; super-conservative Richard Viguerie launches anti-John McCain site; Micah Sifry livestreamed on Qik; Obama launches a huge voter registration drive; the RNC hits Obama with an attack ad, almost securing him as the Democratic nominee in the process; and Obama wins an award for its texting smarts
1 comment | Read more ...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.
login or register to post comments | Read more ...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.
login or register to post comments | Read more ...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.
login or register to post comments | Read more ...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.
login or register to post comments | Read more ...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.
| Read more ...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.
| Read more ...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.
| Read more ...Blogosphere reactions to Obama's Fox appearance; Jeremiah Wright gives everyone something to keep writing about; two college students and superdelegates are turning to YouTube to decide their votes; a roundup of Micah Sifry's appearance at the Economics of Social Media conference; PajamasMedia's Roger Simon on the McCain blogger conference calls; Obama is on the shortlist for a mobile messaging award; and a Mississippi congressional candidate uses Obama and Wright to attack his opponent.
| Read more ...Journalists continue to pick apart Hillary's $10 million feat; Richard Viguerie asks if John McCain is too "soft" to run for president; a video shows Obama's supporters becoming less gracious over time; remember life before Obama vs. Clinton?; Micah Sifry and Andrew Rasiej write that the web can remind politicians of things they'd rather forget; Obama talks open source; and Barack may own the most powerful list in politics.
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