MoveOn announced the winner of their Obama in 30 seconds advertisement contest, and the winner was a bit of a surprise. The advertisement, “Obamacan”, features a veteran who has been a Republican “since before [he] was allowed to vote” talking about why he voted for Obama.
While, I like this ad, I think that some of [...]
The general consensus of the talking heads is that the drawn out Democratic primary is hurting the party’s chances in November. The argument is that Obama was the clear winner of the primary after Wisconsin and the subsequent 2.5 months of attacks on the “presumptive nominee” have hurt him. Obama’s momentum has clearly slowed since [...]
Thanks to Chris Brooks for passing this along to me. I watched it about 5 minutes ago and just was able to stop laughing long enough to write this post.
I give props to Mike Gravel for having a sense of humor and for giving twitter a mention at the end (even if he probably has [...]
What is the Internet useful for in political campaigns?
The general consensus of many of the “old guard” political consultants that I have come in contact with is that the Internet is not a successful tool for driving messages. This group believes that the best way to promote a campaign’s messages is through earned media and [...]
Note: Okay, apparently I am still getting used to this regularity thing. Last week was hectic and I didn’t get to post, hopefully I will step it up and get better.
Over the course of the past week or two, I have been thinking about how Facebook has progressed in the past 12 months. This time [...]
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