At a panel discussion we participated in today for a group of visiting European political officials, DNC Internet Director Josh McConaha made a statement that cuts through a lot of the hype surrounding online politics. Answering a question from the...
From the Nevada debate: “In the internet age, there are going to be lies that are spread all over the place. I have been victimized by these lies. Fortunately, the American people are, I think, smarter than folks give them credit for.”...
Sarah Lai Stirland continues her excellent coverage on the online component of the 2008 election with a profile of homeschooled evangelical twins who are key to Mike Huckabee’s online support — and its conversion into offline action...
In the spirit of not wanting to kick a dog when he’s sad and ailing, I have avoided saying anything unpleasant about Unity ’08 in quite a while. But an email today from its founders endorsing Michael Bloomberg has forced me to reconsider...
If there’s any piece of the primary season frenzy that seems designed to drive voters insane, it’s the unsolicited phone calls. The ones from real people are bad enough, but robocalls were clearly invented by someone with a deep hatred...
Garance Franke-Ruta wrote up a genius new bit of citizen activism in The Trail last night: a self-described “dude you’ve never heard of” named Andy Cobb has posted a video on YouTube laying out the case for Democrats crossing over...
At last week’s tech project management workshop, a software developer from Community IT Innovators talked about a worldwide collaboration that’s plenty nerd-cool but also gives political communicators something to chew on. Late last...
Obama Gets Mobile Right. Hooray for technology! Or maybe not. Backlash over anti-Obama email in New Hampshire Someone’s keeping the faith: Email details Huckabee’s Michigan evangelical turnout operation. Clinton’s Fund-raising...
Hi y’all, I’m in NYC for that nonprofit technology conference for the next couple of days, so e.politics will be on an irregular publishing schedule for a bit.
– cpd
Thank you, New Hampshire, for making up your own minds rather than listening to political “analysis” and hype. You confounded the people who insisted on jabbering at us about “what Iowa meant” for the last few days, and you...