In which I examine another popular form of YouTube political commentary: videos edited to make politicians appear inconsistent.
-James K.
Saturday
Grass Roots Planted In Cyberspace - John Edwards' Campaign Leads the Field In Political Use of Social Networking Sites
Excerpt:
"If there's a social networking site that John Edwards is not a part of, we'd like to know what it is, pronto.
No one's sure exactly what role these sites -- a.k.a. socnets -- will play in the upcoming election. But whatever it is, Edwards isn't taking any chances. The man's flooding the zone. He's on the big ones: Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, et al., where supporters and well-wishers are sending their best to his wife, Elizabeth. Writes a fan on MySpace this week: "Washington State sends you love and health. Lots of love to you and Elizabeth. Stay strong!!!" Edwards is also on some of the newest, somewhat obscure, mostly unheard of URLs. Blip.tv, anyone? He's there. 43Things.com? There, too."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032902382.html
Alex
e.politics - Using Technology to Compare Campaigns Side by Side
Excerpt:
"A couple of days ago, one of the folks behind a new site called Politickr wrote in to let me know a bit more about what they’re up to. Politickr turns out to be one of the few political sites I’ve seen that’s really using technology in a creative way to illuminate some part of the ‘08 campaign — they’re using RSS feeds and semantic analysis to show the presidential candidates’ recent blog posts side-by-side and to map the ideas on which each blog is focusing."
http://www.epolitics.com/2007/03/29/using-technology-to-compare-candidates-side-by-side/
Alex
ABC: Who's the Most Web Savvy '08 Candidate? Clinton, May Be an Early Front-Runner, but Obama Holds His Own Online
Excerpt"
""We're tracking whether the candidates are connecting in the new digital media universe," said Andrew Rasiej, co-founder of techpresident.com, a new nonpartisan "group blog" that tracks the effect the presidential candidates are having online."
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2991392&page=1
Alex
Washington Post: Obama Campaign Aims To Turn Online Backers Into an Offline Force
Excerpt:
"Obama's "community kickoff" events are billed as first-of-a-kind gatherings aimed at encouraging members of the more than 6,000 groups that were created on his presidential Web site to meet face to face. The candidate is to christen the effort to take his online support offline at a public library in tiny Onawa, Iowa, an appearance that will be streamed live on his Web site."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/30/AR2007033001993.html?nav=rss_politics
Alex
An Online Revolution In Campaign Coverage
Excerpt:
"Coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign will be nothing like coverage of the past if bloggers Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post and Jay Rosen of NewAssignment.net have their way.
The two media revolutionaries have joined forces for a project designed to get citizens across the country involved in covering the leading candidates over the next two years. They outlined the effort in separate entries at The Huffington Post (also cross-posted at Rosen's personal blog, PressThink)."
http://beltwayblogroll.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/03/an_online_revol.php
Alex: When powerhouses like this get together, watch out. This is very exciting!!
Alex
Washington Post: French Politics in 3-D on Fantasy Web Site - Presidential Hopefuls Build Presence for Avatars on Second Life
Excerpt:
"All four major candidates in France's presidential election have opened virtual headquarters in Second Life, an interactive forum that allows inhabitants -- called avatars -- to engage in debates, attend political rallies and take part in protests in a multidimensional world that makes traditional campaign Web sites seem quaint and antiquated."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032902540.html?hpid=topnews
Alex
USA Today: Question for Hillary: What will Bill's impact be?
Excerpt:
"The former leader of the free world cast a spell across a stilled ballroom as he recalled his history with the woman he hopes will be the next leader of the free world.
"We met and had our first date 36 years ago this month — this very month," Bill Clinton told hundreds of donors at a fundraiser last week as his wife looked on fondly. He said that by the next year, 1972, he was professing his love to Hillary Rodham and his belief that she was the best leader of their generation. "She's still the best," Clinton said to cheers, and he wrapped the New York senator in a hug."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-28-cover-clintons_N.htm?POE=NEWISVA
Alex
A star strategist offers Democrats a new vision
Excerpt:
""So many consultants are fighting the last war, but David is fighting the next one, and that makes him very, very dangerous," the Republican consultant Mike Murphy said."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/30/news/obama.php
Alex
'NYT' SUNDAY PREVIEW: Profile of Obama's Consultant David Axelrod
Excerpt:
"It details how Axelrod left his job as chief political writer for The Chicago Tribune in 1984 and examines his work since then on behalf of candidates Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Rahm Emanuel and now as "chief strategist" for Obama. The Times piece states he "is known for operating" in a "gray area, part idealist, part hired muscle.""
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003565593
Alex
Radar: Pro-Union Hillary Harbors Labor Foes
Excerpt:
"As Hillary Clinton bashed corporate America for union-busting this week at a Washington convention of labor-schmoozing Democratic politicians, her chief campaign strategist and pollster, Mark Penn, must've been grinning at the rich irony. He's the Worldwide President and CEO for Burson-Marsteller, an international PR conglomerate known for, well, busting unions, The American Prospect's Mark Schmitt notes."
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/03/hillary-clintons-union-doublespeak.php
Alex
Wall Street Journal: Style on the Stump - Obama pushes populism as Edwards fights boyish looks; Giuliani's power ties
Excerpt:
"In presidential politics, the goal is to get voters to focus on a candidate's record. But this year, style has been front and center -- and has sometimes seemed like a curse."
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117530536129355460-f3e44KIMRdstxY9bz3VLNkulCMw_20070429.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
Alex
Romney Lists Potential Running Mates
Excerpt:
"Among those Romney mentioned for the second slot on the Republican ticket were three Southerners: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/29/ap/politics/main2625685.shtml
Alex
Rudy flip flops on “flat tax”
Excerpt:
"CNN has the video:
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani once said that a flat income tax "would be a terrible mistake for urban areas," but the presidential hopeful now is open to the idea."
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/30/rudy-flip-flops-on-flat-tax/
Alex
Rudy's the One - By Steve Forbes
Excerpt:
"Rudy Giuliani is the real fiscal conservative in the 2008 presidential race. That's why I'm endorsing him for president.
Most Americans know that Mr. Giuliani turned around America's largest city. They know he cut crime and welfare in half; they know that he improved the quality of life from Times Square to Coney Island and everywhere in between. And they witnessed his Churchillian leadership following the terrorist attacks on 9/11."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveForbes/2007/03/30/rudys_the_one
Alex
Hillary's star appeal fading - By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
Excerpt:
"It’s now obvious that Hillary Clinton’s negatives are rising among American voters. A Harris Interactive survey says that a majority will not vote for her, and a Gallup poll this week finds her favorability among Democratic primary voters dropping from 82 percent in January, to 74 percent in March.
By itself, this slippage would not be fatal. But it begs the key question: Why is Hillary dropping?"
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DickMorrisandEileenMcGann/2007/03/30/hillarys_star_appeal_fading
Alex
Threatening a Meltdown - By Robert D. Novak
Excerpt:
"Republican Leader John Boehner, in a private conversation on the House floor Wednesday, warned his Democratic counterpart, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, of a legislative "meltdown."
Hoyer earlier had threatened rules changes limiting efforts of the Republican minority to alter legislation through "recommittal" votes at the end of debate. If that happens, Boehner told Hoyer, look for Republicans to delay the appropriations process and bring the House's work to a standstill."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertDNovak/2007/03/31/threatening_a_meltdown
Alex
Former DoJ Official: Department Used to "Skew" Elections
Excerpt:
"Joseph D. Rich was chief of the voting section in the Justice Department's civil right division from 1999 to 2005. Today he penned an Op-Ed in The Los Angeles Times, and he didnt' mince words:"
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002926.php
alex
Rove Aide Resigns
Excerpt:
""Barry Jackson, a longtime aide to Karl Rove, also is thought to be leaving soon.... All the departures appear to be more-or-less routine turnover," reports the Washington Wire. "
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002927.php
Alex
YouTube Video: Governor Romney On Tax Cuts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gha_dkoZJCM
Alex
YouTube Video: Governor Richardson discusses his National Health Care Plan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgdtAkbRBg0
Alex
YouTube Video: Why I made the "Vote Different" Ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWH7hB57aSk
Alex
Thursday
Arianna Huffington: News 2.0: the Hybrid Future is Kicking Down the Door
Excerpt:
"So stop writing teary-eyed eulogies for newspapers. The only thing dead is the either/or nature of the musty print vs online debate. The shifting dynamic between those two forces is exactly like the relationship between Sarah Conner and the T-101 in the Terminator movies. At first, the visitor from the future (digital) seemed intent on killing Sarah (print). But as the relationship progressed and the sequels unspooled, the Terminator became Sarah and her son's one hope for salvation. Today, you can almost hear digital media (which for some reason has a thick Austrian accent) saying to print: "Come with me if you want to live!""
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20070329/cm_huffpost/044401
Alex
The Hill: Democrats say McCain nearly abandoned GOP
Excerpt:
"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was close to leaving the Republican Party in 2001, weeks before then-Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vt.) famously announced his decision to become an Independent, according to former Democratic lawmakers who say they were involved in the discussions.
In interviews with The Hill this month, former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and ex-Rep. Tom Downey (D-N.Y.) said there were nearly two months of talks with the maverick lawmaker following an approach by John Weaver, McCain’s chief political strategist."
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrats-say-mccain-nearly-abandoned-gop-2007-03-28.html
Alex
Obama Kicks Off Community Campaign in Both Real and Virtual World
Excerpt:
"On Saturday, March 31st at 3:00 p.m. Central time, Barack Obama, candidate for President of the United States from Illinois, will be speaking to a small group gathered in the home of an Iowa family. Although the event will be streamed live at http://www.barakobama.com, it was all also be "simulcast" in the virtual world, Second Life at SoHo Island. The simulcast will feature a virtual Obama, sitting in a virtual living room, addressing a crowd of avatars within the simulation."
http://prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb514415.htm
Alex
John Edwards opens up about son he lost
Excerpt:
""This is not the first challenge like this Elizabeth and I have been through," Edwards said at a candidate forum in Las Vegas. "As many of you know, we lost our son about 10, actually about 11 years ago now — in 1996.""
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070329/ap_on_el_pr/edwards_lost_son
Alex
McCain on Regulating Internet Politics: 'I'd be very reluctant'
Excerpt:
"This morning, Senator McCain of Arizona held his first blogger conference call of the 2008 race. He says he expects to start holding them regularly.
And, so, on the topic of politicians making use of the Internet in their campaigns, I posed this question to the senator this morning:"
http://www.nysunpolitics.com/blog/2007/03/mccain-on-regulating-internet.html
Alex
John Roberts Debunks McCain’s Rosy Baghdad Scenario
Excerpt:
"On The Situation Room yesterday, John McCain told Wolf that the surge is so encouraging that General Patraeus now travels around in unarmored Humvees and American soldiers can walk around the streets of Bahdad safely. When confronted today by John Roberts, McCain backpeddled faster than he did on gay marriage in Iowa."
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/28/john-roberts-debunks-mccains-rosy-baghdad-scenario/
Alex
Crooks and Liars: Give It Up for MC Rove!
Excerpt:
"At the annual Radio/Television Correspondents' Association Dinner last night, comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood of Whose Line Is It Anyway? brought Karl Rove up on stage for a tribute rap song. Not as good as Colbert's roast of President Bush last year, but it's pretty damn funny to see Karl try to get down with his bad self."
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/28/give-it-up-for-mc-rove/
Alex
Obama Joins Presidential Candidates Using Yahoo Answers
Excerpt:
"Several weeks back, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain got into the game. Clinton solicited thoughts on the issue of health care and received, in a matter of only a few days, more than 38,000 responses. McCain asked about government spending and the topic generated more than 18,000 responses.
Yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama posted a question of his own: "How can we engage more people in the democratic process?" As of yesterday evening, there were more than 1,200 responses - and the question will stay active on the site for another 14 days. There is also a note from Sen. Obama asking participants to add him to their Answers Networks so he might continue the dialogue. Apparently, this won't be his only question."
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/03/when_candidates_ask_people_ans.html?nav=rss_blog
Alex
US news media faces tricky transition in Internet era
Excerpt:
"Traditional US media are fighting an uphill battle against Internet news websites and citizen journalists, despite question marks over the credibility of the Web and copyright problems.
"Almost all newspaper owners realize that they are constantly losing ground in the battle for eyeballs," Warren Buffett, a millionaire shareholder of the major US national daily The Washington Post, said of the competition for readers."
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/us-news-media-faces-tricky-transition-in-internet-era/20075029-4tz.html
Alex
Ann Coulter Column: 'Sorry' doesn't seem to be the hardest word
Excerpt:
"Bush should say: "We did it, it was political, and there's nothing you can do about it."
Then he should start holding hearings on Congress' obstruction of the war effort. Members of Congress should be asked to come before the administration's hearings and testify under oath about their commitment to victory. If they are not traitors, what do they have to hide? Surely they will be willing to state under oath that they are not undermining the war effort for partisan political gain.
The hearings could be televised in prime time: "Traitor or No Traitor?""
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AnnCoulter/2007/03/28/sorry_doesnt_seem_to_be_the_hardest_word
Alex
Bush Cites Upbeat Bloggers From Baghdad
Excerpt:
"To back up his point that pulling out of Iraq would be a disaster, President Bush has quoted opinions from the secretary of defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top U.S. general in Iraq—and now, two bloggers from Baghdad.
Bush made a surprising reference to the blogosphere during a spirited defense of his war strategy on Wednesday. The mention seemed even more unusual because the president didn't identify whom he was quoting, so he seemed to be leaning on anonymous commentary."
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8O5D1KG2&show_article=1
Alex
US billionaire Forbes backs Giuliani's bid for president
Excerpt:
"Republican ex-mayor of New York City Rudolph Giuliani won backing for his 2008 presidential bid from billionaire publisher Steve Forbes, who will also help lead his campaign, Giuliani's team said. "
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070328212011.276aacin&show_article=1
Alex
Kennedy: Justice firings are keyed to '08 vote
Excerpt:
"Senator Edward M. Kennedy yesterday accused President Bush of using the Department of Justice to further his administration's "right-wing ideology," saying that veteran prosecutors were replaced by political operatives in key states to ensure that "reliable partisans" are in place in time for the 2008 presidential election."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/03/29/kennedy_justice_firings_are_keyed_to_08_vote/
Alex
Clinton, Obama, McCain Play Money Expectations Game
Excerpt:
"It's all about expectations. Just as a company's stock price suffers if earnings fail to meet analysts' projections, candidates gain or lose stature according to whether the money they raise exceeds or misses informed estimates. With the first finance reports for the 2008 presidential campaign due to be made public on April 15, campaigns are vigorously trying to lower the bar."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20070328/pl_bloomberg/atu9goqh4ga8_1
Alex
Drudge Report: Gonzales Aide: Attorneys Fired Over Politics...
Alex
YouTube Video: Governor Richardson speaks on foreign policy issues and Iraq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0okWprkrNI
Alex
YouTube Video: Sen. McCain Responds To Sen. Obama On The Situation Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2op_x-ZmSc
Alex
YouTube Video: Joe Biden Responds to Bush Veto Threats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmHxfA2N3Cw
Alex
YouTube Video: SAMPSON HEARING: Schumer - "Just the Facts, Ma'am"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s25Cz2u9gtU
Alex
Wednesday
Against Hillary Clinton For President: Hillary Clinton’s campaign may be rocked by ‘explosive’ biography
Excerpt:
"The book, titled “Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Clinton” has been co-authored by Don Van Natta and Jeff Gerth, the New York Times reporter who first wrote about Whitewater.
Gerth promises that the book will reveal ‘explosive stuff’ about the former US First Lady, and could also “force her to answer ethics charges in the Senate”, reports the New York Daily News."
http://www.againsthillary.com/2007/03/28/hillary-clintons-campaign-may-be-rocked-by-explosive-biography/
Alex
Arianna Huffington: New HuffPost Project: The Wisdom of the Crowd Hits the '08 Campaign Trail
Excerpt:
"For the last couple of months we have been talking with New York University journalism professor (and HuffPost blogger) Jay Rosen about teaming up with his experimental site, NewAssignment.net, to add a new dimension to the coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/new-huffpost-project-the_b_44321.html
Alex
Military posting raw video on YouTube as way to get out story
Excerpt:
"It's now posting raw video on YouTube. Among the clips available now is one called "Battle on Haifa Street," featuring views of two soldiers firing from a building on insurgents. Another shows night goggle video of a raid on an al-Qaida hideout, the entire sequence framed in green with sound of gunfire and explosions."
http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=6277580&nav=MXEFM7m7
Alex
CBS: Senator Clinton's Lawyers Seek to Halt Fraud Suit
Excerpt:
"Oral arguments will likely be made to the three-judge panel this summer on whether to release Sen. Clinton from the lawsuit, with a decision expected soon after. But the entire case could go on for much longer.
The motion goes on to describe how Paul's venture (Stan Lee Media, which he entered with comic book mogul Stan Lee) "imploded," and "in the midst of the company's financial collapse, [the] plaintiff fled the United States for Brazil."
"Not surprisingly," the brief said, "no working relationship between the plaintiff and the president ever materialized." It then details how Paul was indicted for and pleaded guilty to manipulating the company's stock price. He had two previous felony convictions, pleading guilty to fraud in the 1970s and to a drug charge in the 1980s.
Paul's past is irrelevant at this stage in the case, said his attorney, D. Colette Wilson of the United States Justice Foundation in Ramona, Calif."
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200703/POL20070327b.html
Alex
Washington Post: In 2008 race, private lives are public issues
Excerpt:
"Giuliani's three marriages, and his strained relationship with his children, prompted a flurry of recent stories and a plea to the media from the former mayor.
"The more privacy I can have for my family, the better we are going to be able to deal with all these difficulties," Giuliani recently told reporters in California."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/27/AR2007032701282.html
Alex
Tom DeLay Column: Scooter Libby is no Bill Clinton
Excerpt:
"Libby has no such leverage over the system, and even so, few serious-minded people in the country seem to think he shouldn't be pardoned. The jurors in the case, even the ones who dislike President Bush and wanted higher-ranking officials brought to justice, have gone on record supporting the pardon idea. Libby is a victim of an out-of-control prosecutor -- something I know a little bit about -- and a politically hostile judicial system. It is almost impossible for a high-ranking conservative to get a fair trial in Washington, D.C. The media was howling for Libby's head for months, while leaving unfettered every hair on the head of Richard Armitage, the State Department official who actually outed Valerie Plame. Luckily for Armitage, he was against the war, a get-out-of-jail-free card for anyone associated with this idiotic scandal."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TomDeLay/2007/03/27/scooter_libby_is_no_bill_clinton
Alex
Slate: The YouTube Defense - Human rights go viral
Excerpt:
"Adel Hamad, a 48-year-old Sudanese elementary-school teacher, has been held at Guantanamo for five years without charge or evidence of a crime. Although one of his military-tribunal reviewers described his detention as "unconscionable," his lawyers have been unable to convince a federal court to review his case. So, they created a five-minute movie about his story using handheld cameras and a computer and posted it online. Within one month, "Guantanamo Unclassified" was viewed more than 70,000 times, and twice as many people had visited www.projecthamad.org. The site is part of a fast-growing public campaign to eviscerate the Military Commissions Act, passed by Congress last year, which denied Hamad his day in court."
http://www.slate.com/id/2162780/fr/nl/
Alex
PRIVATE CITIZEN BUSH Ex-governor lists lessons for leaders (Jeb Bush)
Excerpt:
""No. 4. "It's important to stay connected." Bush's e-mail inbox on the state Web site received 2.5 million e-mails during his eight years in office.
No. 5. "Being governor is not all about serious, wonky stuff." Some of it is pretty silly, like the bill he signed to make Key lime pie the state pie, he said.
No. 6: "Hell hath no fury like a woman called Mother Nature" — a lesson he learned well during the 2004 and '05 hurricane seasons, he said."
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/nubush0328.html
Alex
The Hill: Code Pink dogs Clinton on 2008 trail
Excerpt:
"One of Code Pink’s co-founders, Gael Murphy, said the group has been following Clinton for almost two years and will continue to do so until she introduces legislation to bring American soldiers home from Iraq. Murphy said it was likely the group would protest Clinton and other candidates at this morning’s forum sponsored by the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO.
“We think it’s important to put pressure on her as one of the most important politicians in the United States,” Murphy said.Murphy said not even an apology for the 2002 vote, like the one rival candidate and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) has given, would appease the group.
“She’s welcome to apologize, and it would be great to hear her apologize,” Murphy said, adding that the group would only be satisfied with a candidate who will “sincerely demonstrate” his or her commitment to ending “the occupation” of Iraq.
Murphy said the group has been targeting a number of candidates, including Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), at whose Chicago field office it has been conducting weekly sit-ins.
But Clinton’s front-runner status has made her a marked woman for anti-war candidates."
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/code-pink-dogs-clinton-on-2008-trail-2007-03-27.html
Alex
YouTube Video: Joe Biden on Protecting Our Troops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0QeGbYuV9o
Alex
YouTube Video: SEN. SPECTER'S OPENING STATEMENT @ FBI INQUIRY HEARING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_586noGmgcw
Alex
YouTube Video: FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT MUELLER TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guYXH_0-YAQ
Alex
YouTube Video: Sen. John McCain On The Today Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fUVl7DO7YI
Alex
MoveOn.org To Hold Virtual Town Hall Meetings - 3 Meetings Will Be Held To Introduce Presidential Candidates
Excerpt:
"The liberal activist group will survey its members to select which candidates they want to hear from. Democratic hopefuls Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards have agreed to participate if asked, according to the organization."
http://wbztv.com/politics/politicsnational_story_087021815.html
Alex
Pentagon official discusses move to new version of Internet
Excerpt:
"The old system is running out of addresses as more devices -- anything from ovens to aircraft -- become controllable remotely over the Internet. In addition to the millions more Internet addresses, the new system has features to provide better security and ways to tell who is logging on from where."
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=36468&dcn=todaysnews
Alex
YouTube video shows Rockford School Board politics can get caught in Web
Excerpt"
"It encourages voters to support Ostergard’s opponent, Jeanne Westholder, along with candidate Jay Ware. Neither candidate had seen the video when contacted Tuesday, but both denounced it and said neither they nor their campaigns had anything to do with its production or posting online.
Ware said no one including Ostergard or his opponent, incumbent Alice Saudargas, deserves that kind of treatment.
“Whoever did it is no friend of mine,” Ware said.
Ostergard said she got a laugh out of the video Tuesday, noting that it can’t have been from a recent meeting because she was not pregnant in the footage. Ostergard gave birth in January.
“Someone has gotten pretty sophisticated with their campaign bashing,” Ostergard said. “I think it’s really clever and commend them for using different media outlets, but I am not going to waste my time worrying about it. It’s nothing that really concerns me.”"
http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070328/NEWS03/103280035/1004/NEWS
Alex
Tuesday
YouTube Video: John Kerry on The Daily Show, 3/26/07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HiVnuq7LTY
Alex
TechPresident: A Videographer In Every Pot?
Excerpt:
"Despite the fact that this is a fundraising pitch, and may be all blow and no whistle, the thought of a 50-state videography plan should actually make Republicans nervous. The sheer volume of footage the Democrats could grab on Republican gaffes at all levels cannot be underestimated."
http://www.techpresident.com/node/188
Alex
ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Official Ignored White House Guidance
Excerpt:
"The official, Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, ignored White House Counsel Harriet Miers and senior lawyers in the Justice Department when he told the committee last month of specific reasons why the administration fired seven U.S. attorneys — and appeared to acknowledge for the first time that politics was behind one dismissal. McNulty's testimony directly conflicted with the approach Miers advised, according to an unreleased internal White House e-mail described to ABC News. According to that e-mail, sources said, Miers said the administration should take the firm position that it would not comment on personnel issues."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2983066&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Alex
Romney Offers Student Fundraisers Money - Romney Offers Student Fundraisers a 10 Percent Commission on Money They Raise for His Campaign
Excerpt:
"Running third or worse in public opinion polls, Romney is looking to raise at least $15 million to cement his status as a top-tier candidate.
Successful applicants to Students for Mitt get an ID and source code so the campaign can track donations made at their behest.
The participants are asked to contact members of their academic, social and family circles, and point them to Romney's Web site. The students get 10 percent of all money above $1,000 that is contributed under their ID and source code."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2984099&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Alex: On balance, the general concept of this is, I think, a good idea.
Alex
PrezVID: Katie Couric Remix (Video)
Excerpt:
"Couric writes in her CBS News blog that she was surprised that some people viewed the interview “in a negative way.”"
http://prezvid.com/2007/03/27/katie-couric-remix/
Alex
Politics 2.0 200th Post!!: PresVID: Newt attacks attacks (Video)
Excerpt:
"Newt Gingrich, the uncandidate, says “it’s very clear that our current political system is utterly, totally incapable of serious conversation.”
He says that the Hillary 1984 attack is is “utterly totally destructive of the process of thought. There is not a single thing in that commercial that enables America to solve a problem.”
Oh, crap, I’m agreeing with Gingrich. He continues:"
http://prezvid.com/2007/03/26/newt-attacks-attacks/
Alex
The Politico: Rookie Mistakes Plague Obama
Excerpt:
"For the first time, Obama is on a stage where small mistakes can have disproportionately large consequences. The Republican National Committee, working in league with Bush operatives, exploited similar blunders -- sometimes misleadingly -- to portray the last two Democratic presidential nominees, Al Gore and John F. Kerry, as inconsistent or hypocritical in ways that savaged both men's reputations.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's aides portray her as more skilled in controlling her words and public image than either Gore or Kerry and more deft in fighting back against Republican attacks. It is this surplus of political experience, her team believes, that could also prove decisive against Obama."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3304.html
Alex
Politics Online: Tricky Terrain Candidates Wonder: Blessing Or Curse?
Excerpt:
"Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's three-minute explanation of why he opposes the Iraq war has been viewed nearly 70,000 times. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's three-minute description of her "road map out of Iraq" has had more than 38,000 hits.
YouChoose '08, a politics page launched by YouTube on March 1, is a quick way to see all the candidates' official videos. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, has the most posted at 64.
Campaign advisers are effusive about the potential to talk directly to so many voters."The senator is our best messenger, and he can speak through unfiltered sources," said Hari Sevugan, Dodd's deputy communications director. "He can just look into the camera and say what he believes."
But there's a flip side to the Internet that makes campaigns shudder."
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-blogbuzz0326.artmar26,0,4963759.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics
Alex
Google Gives Seminar On Google for Politics
Excerpt:
"On the panel were Googlers Derek Kuhl, David Alpert and Steve Grove. They showed off how to use Google Alerts, AdWords, Analytics, AdSense and so on. They also discussed YouTube and how that can impact an election."
http://searchengineland.com/070326-100128.php
Alex
Monday
David Broder Column: An Opening for Democrats
Excerpt:
"Six years of Republican control in Washington have taken a toll on the country -- and the GOP is paying the price politically. Instead of the Bush administration ushering in a new era of GOP dominance, as Karl Rove hoped, it has set the stage for a Democratic resurgence.
That turnabout was implicit in the results of the 2006 midterm election, when Democrats took back narrow majorities in the House and Senate and captured the majority of governorships. And it is reinforced by a massive poll released last week by Andrew Kohut and the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032301585.html?sub=AR
Alex
Surreal campaigns as French politics go virtual
Excerpt:
"Instead of agreeing to disagree over a glass of kir, many French youths are sending their ideas flying through the computer-animated world of Second Life."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070326/tc_nm/france_election_secondlife_dc_1
Alex
The Bivings Report: Are Ron Paul Supporters Gaming Digg?
Excerpt:
"A quick review of the Upcoming section shows that around 20% of articles are about Ron Paul. And just about every one of these Paul-oriented stories attracts at least ten diggs. This is extremely unusual, as the vast majority of stories submitted to Digg only attract between one and five diggs."
http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/ron-paul-and-digg-2008-elections-section/
Alex
Tech President: The Dark Side of Transparency
Excerpt:
"Let’s say you’re running for president and you’re web casting live to house parties all over the country next week – mostly in the early primary states where you have an organization. You want as many people as possible to attend these events, so you set up a click and find page on your web site – just type a zip code and find an event within 10, 25, 50 or 100 miles of your home. "
http://www.techpresident.com/node/186
Alex
Washington Post: N.Y. Mayor Is Eyeing '08, Observers Say
Excerpt:
"Bloomberg, 65, has told confidants that he will not decide until early next year, when it has become clear whom Democrats and Republicans will nominate.
If he runs for president as a self-financed independent, New York could find itself home to a trio of presidential candidates, an oddity for a state and city often portrayed as far outside the mainstream of American political and social life.
"You are dealing with people who have in one way or another been perceived as having conquered New York," Sharpton said. "After that, what else is there to do but conquer the country?""
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/25/AR2007032501334.html?nav=rss_politics
Alex
ClickZ: Jarvis Praises Hillary's Web Video, Pans McCain's
Excerpt:
"Then there's McCain, whom Jarvis said, "doesn't get it yet…he tries to be too showbiz-y." Components of some of the videos on McCain's site present him against a completely white background. "
http://blog.clickz.com/070227-134818.html
Alex
Los Angeles Times: Google canvasses for political ads
Excerpt:
"As the 2008 presidential campaign gets rolling, Google Inc. wants to be every candidate's running mate.
That was clear early one morning this month, when about 80 bleary-eyed political and advocacy group consultants crowded into a college lecture hall here and listened intently to campaign tips from an unlikely source: three guys from Google."
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-fi-googltics25mar25,1,6423929.story?coll=la-headlines-politics&ctrack=1&cset=true
Alex
Robert Novak Columnn: Bush Alone
Excerpt:
"Two weeks earlier on Capitol Hill, there was a groundswell of Republican demands -- public and private -- that President Bush pardon the convicted Scooter Libby. Last week, as Alberto Gonzales came under withering Democratic fire, there were no public GOP declarations of support amid private predictions of the attorney general's demise.
Republican leaders in Congress (asking not to be quoted by name) early last week predicted Gonzales would fall because the Justice Department botched firing eight U.S. attorneys. By week's end, they stipulated that the president would not sack his longtime aide and that Gonzales would leave only on his own initiative. But there was still an ominous lack of congressional support for the attorney general."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertDNovak/2007/03/26/bush_alone
Alex
Saturday
President Jimmy Carter Speaks at Google’s Atlanta Office
Excerpt:
"President Jimmy Carter gave the welcoming remarks for Google Atlanta’s Open House Thursday. President Carter stated that his life has been transformed by Google, and that it would be hard to find many people in the developed world for whom that statement isn’t true. He gave a specific example of researching the Revolutionary War for one of the books he authored – his old habit of checking out 50 books at a time from the library has now been replaced by Google and he no longer knows the librarians’ names. President Carter noted that Google has brought together and benefited the whole world in a real – not theoretical -- way. A longtime friend of Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Carter said he’s filled with admiration for the organization and is proud to call himself a Googler."
http://searchengineland.com/070322-222004.php
Alex
Malaysia tells media to ignore online news sites
Excerpt:
"Malaysia's traditional media has been ordered not to mention, quote or pursue stories exposed by bloggers and online news sites, which are emerging as a powerful new media force."
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=66058
Alex
International Herald Tribune: Putin decrees creation of a media and Internet regulator
Excerpt:
"President Vladimir Putin has decreed the creation of an agency to regulate the media and the Internet, sparking fears among some Russian journalists of a bid to extend tight publishing controls to the relatively free Web.'"
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/15/business/russmedia.php
Alex
Blogcritics Opinion Column: Why The John Edwards News Mistake Is Your Fault
Excerpt:
"The news media abhors a vacuum and will make mistakes in rushed attempts to fill it. The problem is on both sides of the equation; readers and viewers demand answers to questions that can’t yet be answered, so writers and producers speculate."
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/03/23/134408.php
Alex
TPM Muckraker: Gonzales: Don't Blame Me, Blame Bush
Excerpt:
"President Bush shut down an internal Justice Department investigation into the administration's warrantless wiretapping program against the advice of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, according to a letter sent by a senior Justice Department official to Congress yesterday. To Democrats, it's yet another example of why Gonzales should step down."
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002861.php
Alex
The Los Angeles Times: Blogs can top the presses
Talking Points Memo drove the U.S. attorrneys story, proof that Web writers with input from devoted readers can reshape journalism
Excerpt:
"In December, Josh Marshall, who owns and runs TPM , posted a short item linking to a news report in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about the firing of the U.S. attorney for that state. Marshall later followed up, adding that several U.S. attorneys were apparently being replaced and asked his 100,000 or so daily readers to write in if they knew anything about U.S. attorneys being fired in their areas.
For the two months that followed, Talking Points Memo and one of its sister sites, TPM Muckraker, accumulated evidence from around the country on who the axed prosecutors were, and why politics might be behind the firings. The cause was taken up among Democrats in Congress. One senior Justice Department official has resigned, and Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales is now in the media crosshairs."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-blogs17mar17,0,2952916.story?track=mostviewed-homepage
Alex
Wrestling History: The Bill Clinton Tapes
Excerpt:
"Dozens of taped conversations between President Bill Clinton and historian Taylor Branch will be edited into a book, tentatively titled "Wrestling History: The Bill Clinton Tapes," to be published in 2008, Simon & Schuster announced yesterday.
Mr. Clinton has "full knowledge" the book is being written, but "will have no editorial input or approval," Simon & Schuster said. The conversations will range from Middle East peace negotiations to the Balkan war to, yes, Monica Lewinsky. "
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070322-113044-3813r.htm
Alex
Limbaugh: John and Elizabeth Edwards "turned to ... politics" instead of God after cancer news
Excerpt:
"On the March 23 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh told listeners that former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) and his wife Elizabeth are "political people [who] are different than you and I." Referring to the couple's March 22 announcement that Elizabeth Edwards has Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, Limbaugh said: "[M]ost people, when told a family member's been diagnosed with the kind of cancer Elizabeth Edwards has, they turn to God. The Edwards turned to the campaign. Their religion is politics and the quest for the White House." Limbaugh later asked: "If you're [Sen.] Barack Obama [D-IL] or [Sen.] Hillary Clinton [D-NY], how do you now attack John Edwards?" Limbaugh added: "Not a problem for Hillary, the Clinton [inaudible] will find a way. But Barack, it's going to be a challenge."
http://mediamatters.org/items/200703230015
Alex
Subpoena Standoff: Senator Leahy on Countdown
Excerpt:
"The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday authorized the issuance of subpoenas in the event they don't get the answers they're demanding from the White House. Chairman Leahy appeared on Countdown tonight to talk about the upcoming hearings and outlined exactly what he's aiming for.
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"The reason I want to do it under oath..remember in the Valerie Plame thing, nobody had anything to do with this. Noboby outed her name. Nobody said she was a CIA operative, nobody at the White House did, until some of these people were under oath and then we find out, gosh, they did. It's amazing how that focuses ones attention.""
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/23/subpoena-standoff-senator-leahy-on-countdown/
Alex
The Un-Sweet Sixteen
Excerpt:
"Democrats.org:
With the Sweet Sixteen set to tip off today, the Democratic National Committee announced the brackets for it's annual Republican "Unsweet Sixteen," featuring this years contenders for the potentially most corrupt, least accountable and least competent members of the Bush Administration.
The 2007 Unsweet Sixteen pits the top eight Administration officials whose incompetence, corruption or cronyism have already cost them their jobs against the eight current Administration officials who most deserve to be fired."
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/23/the-un-sweet-sixteen/
Alex
The Huffington Post: Bill Clinton Challenges the Netroots "Anti-War Crowd"
Excerpt:
"In a conference call with major donors yesterday, former President Bill Clinton challenged the netroots for backing Barack Obama as an anti-war candidate, according to The Hill newspaper. While avoiding any direct criticism of Obama's statements, President Clinton said it was "ludicrous" to treat "Hillary and Obama's positions on the war as polar opposites." Then he tried to fact-check the netroots:"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-melber/bill-clinton-challenges-t_b_44099.html
Alex
The Internet Now Center Stage for U.S. Presidential Campaigns
Excerpt:
""We did a survey after the 2006 elections in America and found that the role of the Internet was growing as an important news source and information source for people that cared about politics, " says Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. Rainie adds the Web is also, increasingly, the way Americans communicate about politics. "They trade e-mails and other kinds of exchanges, talking about the candidates and the issues.
Rainie believes that Internet video, which is already in wide use on most candidates' web sites, is becoming an essential fixture of the 2008 presidential campaign. Even before officially launching his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney created a website filled with videos outlining his position on national issues, and slick promotional messages touting Romney as presidential material."
http://www.contactomagazine.com/articles/internetcampaigns0207.htm
Alex
Friday
NPR: Bloggers Driving Gonzales Story
http://datamining.typepad.com/data_mining/2007/03/npr_bloggers_dr.html
Alex
More highlights and analysis from the Politics Online Conference
Excerpt:
"Conversations will become more personal.Jay Rosen suggested that candidates will begin to speak more about how they personally feel about issues. He used the example of JetBlue’s CEO apology about the winter plane problems they had. He insisted on how much the mistakes devastated him personally, and the whole thing worked for them – because it seemed like a genuine apology.My thoughts: Al Gore coming out of his political-consultant prefab shell is another example of genuineness being the new measure of success (and lenience)."
http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/macaca-macaca-macaca-more-highlights-and-analysis-from-the-politics-online-conference/
Alex
Wikipedia: Source for Government Intelligence?
Excerpt:
"In a related topic, I found a (slightly older) article on The Guardian's website this morning that reports that Wikipedia is also being used in research by American judges:
A search of court decisions by the New York Times turned up more than 100 rulings that have cited the online encyclopedia since 2004, including 13 from the circuit court of appeals, one rung beneath the supreme court.
This is ridiculous. Would you really want a court decision that affected you to be decided by a Wikipedia article? I think not. "
http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/wikipedia-source-for-government-intelligence/
Alex
Tech President's Mindy Finn to Join Romney Campaign as Director of eStrategy
Excerpt:
"As you may know by now, I've joined the Romney campaign as Director of eStrategy, so I'm going to sign off as a regular contributor to TechPresident. It's been a fun project, and I look forward to following how the blog progresses."
http://www.techpresident.com/node/181
Alex
Consortiumnews.com - Washington Post Prints New Wilson/Plame Attack
Excerpt:
"Rather than fire Washington Post editorial-page editor Fred Hiatt or at least apologize for all the newspaper’s past misstatements about former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, ex-CIA officer Valerie Plame, the Post instead has published a rehash of the lies and distortions about the couple.
This new attack is contained in a column by right-wing pundit Robert D. Novak, who originally blew Plame’s CIA cover in July 2003 and has sought to add insult to the injury ever since. Some of Novak’s past falsehoods about Wilson/Plame also have found their way into Post editorials, apparently without benefit of fact-checking."
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/032207.html
Alex
Crooks and Liars: US Suggest Reducing Abramoff’s Sentence
Excerpt:
"Given what's come out about the US Attorney purge in the last few weeks, this should raise a few alarms. Shall we wait to see if any indictments/convictions result from Abramoff's "substantial assistance"?"
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/22/us-suggest-reducing-abramoffs-sentence/
Alex
Crooks and Liars: Why does the right insist on spreading lies about Al Gore?
Excerpt:
"The nonstop barrage of attacks on Al Gore from the far-right tells me one thing: they're terrified of the former Vice President and the influence he continues to wield. Last night on Scarborough Country, Republican strategist Terry Holt advanced for the umpteenth time the right's favorite Al Gore smear — that he claimed to have invented the interent. This juvenile nonsense has been debunked time and time again, but since these hacks continue to employ it, here we go again."
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/22/why-does-the-right-insist-on-spreading-lies-about-al-gore/
Alex
John Boehner Column: Democrats' Iraq plan is Irresponsible on National Security and Spending
Excerpt:
"Back in February on NBC's "Meet the Press," I warned that Democrats' non-binding resolution was merely a first step towards mandating failure in Iraq. Now they're taking the next step. It's been called the "slow-bleed" strategy - an attempt to micromanage the war and choke off resources for American troops in harm's way."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/03/22/democrats_iraq_plan_is_irresponsible_on_national_security_and_spending
Alex
Oliver North Column: Tied in Knots
Excerpt:
""If the new majority in Congress wants to tie the Bush administration in knots with investigations and a flurry of subpoenas, they can surely do so."
That's what I wrote in this column on Nov. 10, 2006, just days after Democrats captured control of both houses of Congress. It wasn't prophecy -- just experience. As a staff member for President Ronald Reagan's National Security Council, I recall what it was like when congressional liberals decided to do all in their power to bring down a Republican president. Their goal wasn't "legislative oversight" or "Congressional inquiry" but to undermine a conservative commander-in-chief and distract executive branch personnel from carrying out presidential directives to prevent the spread of communism in Central America."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/OliverNorth/2007/03/23/tied_in_knots
Alex
Patrick Buchanan Column: Rogue Congress
Excerpt:
"This is not about the incompetence of the Justice Department of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales or about any White House role in the firing of the eight -- whom President Bush had every right to fire.
This is about preserving and protecting the integrity of the institution of the presidency. It is about the right of America's head of state and head of government to receive the candid counsel of his most trusted advisers."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PatrickJBuchanan/2007/03/23/rogue_congress
Alex
Duncan Hunter on YouTube
Hello, I'm James Kotecki.
This is one in a series of videos about the 2008 Presidential candidates using YouTube as a campaign tool.
GrassrootsFreedom.com: Soros to Spend Hundreds of Millions on Politics in Undisclosed, Tax-Deductible Dollars Even under Grassroots Legislation
Excerpt:
"The following is a statement by Mark Fitzgibbons and GrassrootsFreedom.com, regarding grassroots legislation currently being considered by Congress as part of lobbying reform:
"George Soros-financed Open Society Institute, a 501(c)(3) 'private operating foundation,' spent nearly $65 million financing mostly left-leaning 501(c)(3)s that engage in lobbying and/or public policy advocacy in just 2005 alone according to its tax return, IRS Form 990 available at Guidestar.com."
http://sev.prnewswire.com/government/20070322/DCW11721032007-1.html
Alex
Wired News: Fears of a YouTube Swiftboat
Excerpt:
"To get a sense of the confusion the mega-viral Vote Different anti-Hillary Clinton video is sowing in professional political circles, just ask Clay Johnson, a veteran of Howard Dean's presidential campaign and a certifiable big thinker on online electioneering.
"I know that the (Barack) Obama folks are saying that they didn't make it ... but people will still believe that it's from them," said Johnson about the YouTube clip in an interview Wednesday afternoon, when the identity of the ad's creator was still a mystery. "The real trouble ... is that as people get more sophisticated in producing these videos, you're going to see a very large blur in what's official and what's not.""
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,73069-0.html?tw=wn_technology_5
Alex
CBS: Anti-Clinton Ad Puts Spotlight On Obama
Excerpt:
"Obama, Blue State and de Vellis all say de Vellis acted on his own. De Vellis left the company on Wednesday. He said he resigned; Thomas Gensemer, the firm's managing director, said he was fired.
The entire episode hangs a cloud over the Obama camp."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/22/ap/politics/main2598827.shtml
Alex
Elizabeth and John Edwards Press Conference Video
From YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6sTB9WGoNk
Alex
Internet Creates New Playing Field For Politics
Excerpt:
"“There's a lie being perpetrated by media consultants on political campaigns, by marketing consultants, and advertising firms” said Harish Rao of echoditto.com “The lie is that they understand what voters and consumers want, and they know how to package that in a 30 second sound bite.”"
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=3&aid=67951
Alex
Thursday
One in a series of videos about the 2008 Presidential candidates using YouTube as a campaign tool.
James Kotecki
Chris Matthews: Barack Obama Appeals to the Kid in Me
http://newsbusters.org/node/10949
Alex
Howard Dean 2.0: Obama Engages Youth on the Web
Excerpt:
"More than a week before Barack Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois, 3,500 students--many of whom had driven for hours from out of state--packed into George Mason University's Johnson Center in Fairfax, Virginia, brimming with idealism. As the Senator took the stage to address the frenetic young crowd, he was visibly taken aback. "
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/48316/
Alex
Barack Attack
Excerpt:
"Chicago Democrats, Cranked by Money, Daley Machine, Seem to Be Weirdly United in Getting Obama Going: ‘It’s a Contact Sport, and He Understands How to Play’"
http://www.observer.com/20070326/20070326_Jason_Horowitz_politics_newsstory1.asp
Alex
I Made the "Vote Different" Ad
Excerpt:
"Hi. I'm Phil. I did it. And I'm proud of it.
I made the "Vote Different" ad because I wanted to express my feelings about the Democratic primary, and because I wanted to show that an individual citizen can affect the process. There are thousands of other people who could have made this ad, and I guarantee that more ads like it--by people of all political persuasions--will follow."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-de-vellis-aka-parkridge/i-made-the-vote-differen_b_43989.html
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Alex
Joe Biden Joins Jay Leno On “The Tonight Show”
Excerpt: "Campaign spokesperson Marion Steinfels explained it will be a great opportunity for the senator “to speak to a real cross section of Americans,” who aren’t necessarily following the 2008 race this early in the campaign season."
http://blog.joebiden.com/?p=247
Alex
Jimmy Carter’s Bible Class
Excerpt:
"As a new collection of his Bible-study teachings hits the market, the 39th president speaks out—on his vision of God, the might of the religious right and the fallout from his controversial book about Palestine."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17723147/site/newsweek/?from=rss
Alex
Wired News: E-Vote Memo Is a 'Smoking Gun'
Excerpt:
"A memo sent last year by a voting machine maker to election officials in Florida has reignited controversy over the reliability and accuracy of the company's machines. Voting activists are now renewing calls to examine source code used in the Election Systems & Software machines during a close election last November."
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,73048-0.html?tw=rss.index
Alex
Michael Reagan: Who Hates America?
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=19845
Alex
Newt Gingrich: Why I am Hopeful About America and Our Future
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=19888
Alex
Gingrich brings 21st century 'Contract with America' to Vandy
http://www.newt.org/backpage.asp?art=4223
Alex
Variety.com: TV Land taps Bill Clinton - Former president to tout programming
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960415.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
Alex
Pelosi Wakes Up To Protest Outside SF Home
http://www.nbc11.com/news/11226617/detail.html
Alex
MSNBC: Pelosi on Brink of Big Win With Iraq Funding Test
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17728295/
Alex
ABC: Obama Changed Position on War Funding
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2970930&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Alex
Tech President: Hillary in Second Life
http://www.techpresident.com/node/171
Alex
Robert Novack Column: Was Valerie Covert?
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertDNovak/2007/03/22/was_valerie_covert
Alex
Ann Coulter Column: The Coming Ass Age
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AnnCoulter/2007/03/21/the_coming_ass_age
Barack Obama 1.2 Million You Tube Video Views, Clinton Second at 61,000
http://www.youtube.com/members?s=po&t=w&g=-1
Mystery Creator of Anti-Clinton Ad ID's
http://www.blogsagainsthillary.com/?q=node/116
Alex
Anti-War Prosters Greet Hillary in Texas
http://www.againsthillary.com/2007/03/17/anti-war-protesters-greet-hillary-in-texas/
Alex
Wednesday
PrezVID: My Date With Hillary
http://prezvid.com/2007/03/21/my-date-with-hillary/
Liveleak Video: Officials Forcibly Remove Hillary Protester at Fundraiser
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=960_1174488595&p=1
Media's Technology, Attitude to Make McCain's Ride Bumpier
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3215.html
Alex
Washington Times - Sparks Flying Between Matt Drudge and Michelle Malkin
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070319-113757-3499r.htm
Alex
CBS: Pure Horserace: It's MySpace, Not YourSpace
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/20/politics/main2589231.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_2589231
Alex
Schwarzeneggar Calls Limbaugh "Irrelevant"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/21/politics/main2591091.shtml
Alex
MSNBC: Fineman: Uncontrollable Campaigns - Independents Are Taking Charge, Making Profound Changes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17719132/
Alex
ABC News: Words of War: Clinton Camp Muddies Obama's Anti-War Stance But Record is Clear
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2966537&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Alex
Washington Post: Candidates Stress Early Fundraising
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR2007032001537.html?nav=rss_politics
Alex
San Francisco Chronice details clues to maker of Clinton "1984" Video
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/19/BAGSFONU1A16.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Alex
Source of Internet Attack on Clinton is a Mystery
"1984" viewed over a million times on YouTube.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/20/clinton.you.tube/
Alex
Tuesday
Online Video: A Big Deal for Politics?
In which I respond to a question from RedPinPoint: Will online video be a big deal for politics in the future?
Hillary Responds to "1984" Video
http://www.techpresident.com/node/168
Alex
Obama More than Double The Total COMBINED YouTube Video Views of the Ten Other YouChoose Major Presidential Candidates
http://www.youtube.com/members?s=po&g=-1
Alex
Link to Hillary "1984" Parody Video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJklyhWniDQ
Alex
NPR: Campaigns Hope to Move From Web to Cell Phones
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8959510
Alex
Online Campaigning: Where It Is, Where It's Going
http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/online-campaigning-where-it-is-where-its-going-politics-online-conference-highlights-and-analysis/
Alex
Google at Politics Online: Making News, Touting Tools
http://www.epolitics.com/2007/03/19/google-at-politics-online-making-news-touting-tools/
Alex
Anti-Clint0n "1984" Ad Spoof Climbs YouTube's Most Viewed
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2965862&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Alex
Disco Rudy Grooves on Second Life
http://www.techpresident.com/node/161
Alex
Creativity Trumps Money in Open Source Politics
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=977
Alex
Rove Denies Involvement in 2000 Smear of McCain
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/17/rove-denies-involvement-in-the-2000-smear-of-mccain/
Alex
NY Post: Bill Does a Spin For Hillary
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03202007/gossip/pagesix/bill_does_a_spin_for_hillary_pagesix_.htm
Alex
Dick Morris on 'Faltering' Hillary Campaign
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/dick_morris_on_faltering_hilla.html
Alex
Political Futures: Betting on the Election - Slate's Guide to All the Political Markets
http://specials.slate.com/futures/2008/
Alex
LA Times: Democrats Turn Up Heat on Firing of U.S. Attorney
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-usattys19mar19,0,2790807.story?track=ntothtml
Alex
Huffington: No Going Back to Traditional Media
http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6168541.html
Alex
William F. Buckley Column: A Republic, If You Can Keep It
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamFBuckley/2007/03/19/a_republic,_if_you_can_keep_it
Alex
Jack Kemp Column: Give D.C. Residents the Right to Vote
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKemp/2007/03/20/give_dc_residents_the_right_to_vote
Alex
Phyllis Schlafly Column: Congress Should Restore Parental Rights in Public Schools
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/2007/03/20/congress_should_restore_parental_rights_in_public_schools
Alex
Patrick Buchanan Column: The AIPAC Girl (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi)
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PatrickJBuchanan/2007/03/20/the_aipac_girl
Alex
Mike Gravel on YouTube
One in a series of videos about the 2008 Presidential candidates using YouTube as a campaign tool.
Monday
Crooks and Liars: I Was Waiting For This: Hume Says Plame Lied Under Oath
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/18/i-was-waiting-for-this-hume-says-plame-lied-under-oath/
Alex
Hillary E-Mail - Get Karl Rove
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/3/19/155353.shtml
Alex
GigaOm: Web 2.0 Gives Birth to Politics 2.0
Hey, that's our topic!!!!! (at this site)
http://gigaom.com/2007/03/19/web-20-gives-birth-to-politics-20/#comment-777799
Alex
Yahoo Presidential Site
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/Presidential_Election_2008
Alex
Tom Delay Column: The Criminalization of Politics
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TomDeLay/2007/03/19/the_criminalization_of_politics
Alex
Hillary Courts the Blogs; Gets Snubbed
http://www.columbiajournalist.org/National_Affairs_Edsall/2005/article.asp?subj=national&course=National_Affairs_Edsall&id=1353
Alex
Prospects for Online Politics Debated (Sorting Truth, Fiction a Challenge For Users)
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_5450236
Alex
Google Gets Political
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3666161
Alex
Arianna Huffington on Blogging, The 2008 Race, Her Book, Her Business
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=57267
Alex
Washington Post: Online Firms Boot-Up For Political Campaigns
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031602543.html
Alex
Wonkette: FOUR MORE YEARS! Liveblogging Bush's Greatest Speech
http://wonkette.com/politics/iraq/four-more-years-liveblogging-bushs-greatest-speech-245256.php
Alex
Wall Street Journal: In '08 Race, Web Tactics Are Even More Integral
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117426203668540945-d8NOEX5dvfYESxdqQu6jhU3lTec_20080318.html?mod=rss_free
Alex
How Mobil Technology Will Change the Way You Organize Campaign Volunteers
http://www.epolitics.com/2007/03/18/how-mobile-technology-will-change-the-way-you-organize-campaign-volunteers/
Alex
Text of President Bush's Monday Speech on Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_text_1
Alex
CNN: Presidential Hopefuls Launch MySpace Profiles
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/03/19/myspace.2008.ap/index.html?eref=rss_politics
Alex
Tech President - Breaking News: The Barocket Takes Off on YouTube
Obama goes from 100,000 views to over 400,000 in a week while others basically flat.
http://www.techpresident.com/node/159
Alex
ABC News: 2008 Campaign Goes Negative on YouTube
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2963398&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Alex
Mitt's Four-Leaf Clover: MySpace, YourSpace, OurSpace, MittSpace
http://www.techpresident.com/node/155
Alex
The New York Times: The Future President, On your Friends List
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/fashion/18myspace.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1174326595-LcBBQ3I4DPxVCmKX9wY5ZQ
Alex
Kucinich and the Kid
Our own James Kotecki.
http://prezvid.com/2007/03/17/82/
Alex
Sunday
Campaign Season: Starting Too Early?
Two hardened political pundits debate whether or not the 2008 Presidential candidates started running too early.
Saturday
Check out March 17, 2007's Washington Post, page A4. Or, just click this link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031602373.html
Friday
Dennis Kucinich Responds for Real!
http://www.JamesKotecki.com
Today, Congressman Dennis Kucinich made history as the first American Presidential candidate to engage in a real video dialog using YouTube.
In this video, I say thank you.
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