Quick Hits — September 25, 2008

• Katie Couric on Sarah Palin and David Letterman on John McCain. Note the tone of the (extended) discussion on the Politico/Palin article. I’m sorry to our Republican readers, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to take John McCain even remotely seriously.
• FAIL: Wave Rises on the Web Against Wall St. Bailout. C.f. Online Bailout Outrage Jumps to Streets, and Into Lawmakers’ Inboxes.
• Talked-About Ads Were Seldom Aired. And by “seldom,” we’re talking five or six times.
• Facebook Lexicon Now Tracks Personal — and Political — Sentiment.
• Archiving the 2008 political web.
• Kilning time: an example of using Google Maps for advocacy.
• Politico.com to expand after the election. Via this guy.
• Obama Led Opponent in Spending in August.
• Facebook Politics? A Burt Edwards suggestion^TM.
• Social Branded Applications: Build It Once and Leverage on Several Social Networks. A Ha Hoa Hamano suggestion^TM.
• Report Urges Foundations To Jump Into The Waters of Social Media.
• Don’t Believe the Hype (Boyeeeeeeeeee!). White paper on email marketing.
• Enormous collection of web banners for supporters. Or, leveraging the power of cute critters.
• Majority Share Content With Email – But For How Long?
• Gaming May Foster Teen Civic Engagement [insert lawn joke].
• Killer App of Campaign 08 — The Cell Phone? C.f. How Mobile Technologies are Changing Elections and How Important Is Mobile Giving?
• Mobile Key to Teens’ Social Lives, 47% Can Text with Eyes Closed [insert other lawn joke].
• Colorado Is Importing Democrats. “Every four years there’s a presidential election. But Americans vote with their feet every day.”
• Flaming for Obama. Internet flaming, not Dupont Circle flaming.
• Mars Rovers Continue to Amaze. They’re gaining self-awareness — keep their devious little metallic fingers (and Sarah Palin’s) well away from The Button. C.f. Tasty sulfuric acid clouds.
• MySpace Serves Up Self-Serve Ad System.
• SEO on a shoestring. C.f. Google Webmaster Blog Answers SEO Questions.
• Interactive’s biggest flops.
• About That Sarah Palin Poll. A PBS unscientific survey freaks everybody out. Via Michael Whitney.
• Matchmakers, Matchmakers, Making a Mint. The modern business of dating in DC, so much more complicated than the old standards, which are (in reverse order) roofies, chloroform and the stench of raw power.
• “The meek may inherit the earth, but they do not win debates.”
• Americans Cling to Vices Despite Financial Woes. E.politics proud to be doing its part — strippers and blow essential to editorial process.

– cpd