Cross-posted on K Street Cafe Congress does not lack for citizen input — every year, hundreds of millions of emails, faxes, letters and calls crashland on the Hill, and some congressional offices are so overwhelmed that they’ve basically...
The weirdest/most intense political year just won’t slow down. Finance Industry Giving Visualized. “Wonder just how Wall Street has become so influential on Capitol Hill that it can command the attention of the federal government from...
A small change to epolitics.com: I’m experimenting with Google Ads. Not sure if they’ll have a high enough response rate to be worth the extra clutter on the site, but let’s try ’em out and see what happens. I’m running...
The peasants are revolting! The latest evidence comes in a quick email from Convio, one of the online advocacy providers: Please be advised that the House of Representatives is currently imposing limits on inbound communications from constituents...
Crazy day, eh? No worries — still plenty of careers available in the fast-growing fields of post-apocalyptic looting and rampaging. Update: DNC running ads on Drudge Report and Beliefnet focusing on McCain gambling ties, via Mike Allen...
When a conservative national columnist, particularly one who had defended Sarah Palin at length, calls on the Republican vice presidential nominee to resign for her own good and that of the country, it gets noticed. But here’s another thing to...
Cross-posted on techPresident Way on back in 2007, we used to talk about how the internet fit into a presidential debate, that hallowed (and effective) tradition of the televison era. We even had two YouTube debates — remember them? Talking...
Here’s something to keep you busy for a couple of hours on a dreary Friday afternoon: a comprehensive collection of political campaign television commercials dating back to the 1950s. Revealing for more than just political reasons, since they...
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...
Sure, the elections have gotten most of the attention this year, but if nothing else could, the current crisis in the finance system has cut through the clutter to remind us that the REAL business of politics often comes after the ballots are cast...