Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) broke Senate rules when he recorded a robocall touting his amendment to the health care bill, according to a complaint file...
Dawn Teo | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics
Conservative operatives...want to change the way elections are fought nationwide in perhaps the most irksome way possible -- by strong-arming the FEC to throw out state-level restrictions on political robocalls.
Aiken Standard | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Almost a year after first being charged with setting up illegal, automated phone calls in an attempt to sway the outcome of an election, a former Aike...
Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
It's dinnertime, the phone rings and it might be someone important. Instead, you hear a recorded voice: "Congratulations! You've been pre-approved for...
AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business
Americans tired of having their dinners interrupted by phone calls touting car warranties or vacation packages will soon get some relief. The Federal...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
Rudy Giuliani is not done with national politics quite yet. The former New York City mayor, whose presidential campaign flamed out under a disastrous ...
Neg Norton | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media
The political campaigns did not shy away from the tried and true; the 30-second television ad, the direct mail flyer, yard signs, bumper stickers are alive and well.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
RNC Chairman hopeful Ken Blackwell has apparently begun a robocall campaign to help persuade enough committee members to elect him to the top post. I...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.23.2009 | Media
Shaun Dakin, CEO and founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry battled the bots all year long, serving as a champion to everyone who prefers their telephones free of pollutants. So we're happy to defer to his judgment as to the Top 10 Political Robocalls of 2008.
Sean Hartofilis | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
Obama is not a terrorist. But you can call him whatever you'd like -- as long as you call him the President of the United States of America.
The Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
We want your stories! What was your voting experience like? What interactions have you had with the campaigns? Are you volunteering for a candidate? H...
The Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
We want your stories! What was your voting experience like? What interactions have you had with the campaigns? Are you volunteering for a candidate? H...
Politico | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
The last-minute, under the radar issue some Republican groups are pushing this year appears to be the news that Obama's aunt is an illegal immigrant. ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics
It is tradition in every campaign for each side to denounce the other as having run the sleaziest race in modern political history. And certainly it s...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
According to Shaun Dakin of the non-partisan Citizens for Civil Discourse, individuals in three states have reported receiving a new robocall from the...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
Shaun Dakin, enemy of robocalls and American hero, tipped me to this entry on Wordsalad, which features the Most Authentically Robotic Robcall of the ...
Eli Davidson | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living
Conventional wisdom has told us that venting your anger is important. New studies are finding that the opposite may be true. Simply spewing anger isn't healing.
Dawn Teo | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home
"Hello. I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC..." McCain campaign resorts to Robocalls to stem the tide of voters in his home state who plan to vote for Obama and the Democratic ticket.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
If the sun has begun to set on the viral video reign of Amber Lee Ettinger, aka Obama Girl, at least she's going out fighting against another pernicio...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
Over the past few weeks, we've heard a lot about these phone calls that powerful and inhuman robots have sent screaming through the phonelines into ou...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
Zane Starkewolf is a ninth-level elven warrior from Dungeons and Dragons and self-professed "Green Republican" who's running against Mike Thompson in ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
Facing a fresh wave of vicious robocalls, the Obama campaign launched a fact-checking website on Friday that allows voters to report and research the ...
Eric Morse | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home
Robocalls fail in three areas that are crucial for any direct response campaign: they are intrusive, they are impersonal and they offer no incentive for voters to listen all the way to the end of the message.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
It is a telling contrast, how differently the McCain and Obama campaigns have used robocalling to advance their political interests. While the former...
Politico | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
Indiana attorney general Steve Carter told Politico today that he's opened an investigation into the political robocalls reportedly hitting his state....
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics