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Nancy Scola, 07/14/2008 - 12:10pm

Organizers of the Get FISA Right movement turn to the wisdom of Clay Shirky to figure out where to go next; the RNC launches a new collaborative site that, they say, will inform the crafting of the GOP's party 2008 platform; we shine the spotlight on two new web projects designed to open up governing and legislating; and much, much more.

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Joshua Levy, 04/10/2008 - 10:30am

NPR launches a new hub for voters to post their political stories; does Obama's fundraising model remove the need for public financing?; why do government tax sites work better than government participation sites?; Obama's online tactics further illustrate the generational gap between him and Clinton; a video of Obama talking about the effect of social media on his campaign; Members of Congress may finally get to use YouTube; and an federal agency wants to pass the archiving of gov't sites to a nonprofit. Come on, disk space is cheap!

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Joshua Levy, 12/05/2007 - 11:44am

National Public Radio's staff liveblogs their own presidential debate -- is this a first?; a French writer aggregates all she can find about the presidential race; why aren't the candidates blogging? We're just asking for a post here and there; Fred Thompson surrogate George Allen curiously evades Why Tuesday's questions about election reform; an IPDI blogger implores Ron Paul supporters to continue to do their own thing online, but wonders how their zealousness will translate for mainstream voters; Chris Dodd may be the first candidate to utilize Google News' commenting feature; the RNC organizers announce the inclusion of bloggers at the 2008 convention; and who's Iowa caucus training video is the most popular?

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