Here at e.politics, we’re happy to read things so you don’t have to — though in this case you should, because David Plouffe’s The Audacity to Win is well written and one hell of a glimpse into the strategy, tactics and...
Also published on techPresident Just off a conference call to promote Obama campaign manager David Plouffe’s new (and so-far excellent) book about the 2008 race, which I’m currently about 3/4 of the way through — more about that...
Redistricting isn’t sexy: it involves numbers and maps, it’s wonky, and just thinking about it makes voters go to sleep. Which is immensely helpful to the politicians redrawing the lines every few years, because they know that almost no...
In his latest bid to Save The World, my father’s come up with a way that folks in the developing world can build their own local electrical generating systems. His invention is human-powered (using a treadle, like an old sewing machine) and...
A few stories lingering on the list. Radical Imam Blogs His Support of Ft. Hood Shooter. Gay bloggers organizing boycott of DNC. C.f. Bloggers Furious At White House For Anonymous Ridicule. More Sarah Palin Facebook fun. Low Turnout Didn’t...
The message below came in recently from an alert reader, who received it from Al Gore/Repower America and passed it along because she thought it was a great example of how to really lay it on too thick in a mass email. The online tool itself that...
The only survivor of the political dot-com boom that I know of has finally been gobbled up — nothing’s eternal in business, my friends. If I remember correctly, back in the late ’90s Grassroots burned through a few tens of millions...
Some news on the publishing front — Karen Jagoda of the E-Voter Institute has put out a new book on the internet’s role in the political world, and one section derives from a piece I wrote for her earlier report on social networking and...
If Creigh Deeds manages to pull off a victory in today’s race for Virginia governor, it won’t be because Republican Bob McDonnell was slack online. In fact, McDonnell’s internet campaign has been impressively comprehensive, meaning...
A follow-on to Thursday’s Ten Rules for Blogger Outreach and Friday’s blogger relations training. Links (in all cases, YMMV) Wikio’s List of Top Political Blogs The world’s 50 most powerful blogs BlogAds (Sells ads on blogs...