Oof, here’s yet another reminder of why campaigns should be damn careful to nail down relevant web addresses: American Bridge is having a little fun with NewtGingrich.com. If you go to the URL, right now it redirects to one of several outside...
Some days I do love this gig! This morning, Republican Presidential wannabe Herman Cain showed off his ways with The Ladies. No, not THOSE ways, these ways: “Women For Cain” is an online national fellowship of women dedicated to helping...
Update: Only hours after this piece was published, the Gingrich campaign announced an upcoming New Hampshire-focused site based on the NationBuilder platform, which is good technology. Perhaps he’s learning! Newt’s back! Or so the polls...
We may have been building campaign websites for 15+ years now, but even presidential candidates still make major and painfully avoidable mistakes. For some striking examples, check out a just-released study from Houston-based Normal Modes, which ran...
Screenshot of post-occupation Epolitics.com, transformed by OccupyTheURL.com Occupy Wall Street and its spin-offs haven’t just taken over public squares across the world, they’re also getting really creative online. Here are a couple of...
New guest author! Jon Wheeler is an old friend who’s recently relocated below the equator and sends this update on how online tools are playing out in a very different political environment than we’re used to in the States. The Internet...
Rest assured, I am not entirely filled with bile and bad juju today, despite all evidence to the contrary. To prove it, here are some words of praise for a GOOD idea that stumbled into the old e.politics bunker this week: the DNC’s...
Here’s a fun idea — the folks at Progress Texas have put together PerryForPresidentFML, a website whose whole purpose is to make it easy for you to send out unflattering-but-true messages about Texas Governor and new Presidential...
Last night’s dueling Obama/Boehner speeches settled at least one matter: when the President asks people to contact Congress, Congress can’t handle it: Monday night and Tuesday morning checks of the websites of House Speaker John Boehner...
Newt Gingrich spent close to $800,000 on a website and mass-email system? According to the Post, that jewelry from Tiffany’s isn’t the only gold-plated part of his campaign: Gingrich also spent nearly $800,000 on Internet and software...