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McCain Wades Into Email Fight Over Stimulus

Ari Melber | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Pac, Obama Email, Mccain Stimulus, Blue State Digital, mccain.com, Macon Phillips, Nancy Scola, Mitch Stewart, Mccain Email, Jerome Armstrong, Organizing for America, Techpresident, Country First Pac, Participatory Politics, Micah Sifry, Jeremy Bird, Zephyr Teachout, Al Giordano, Obama for America 2.0, Tom Watson Blog, Politics News
Ari Melber

Organizationally, McCain's campaign email list is very thin, since the majority of addresses were purchased, not organically recruited.

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Federal Webmasters Onboard for Online Government

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama CTO, Federal Webmasters, Obama Transparency, Techpresident, Media News
Craig Newmark

Looks like the folks who run Federal web sites got the idea of more effective and honest government years ago, but didn't get heard 'til recently.

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Online Assistance Arrives to Combat Voting Hurdles, Glitches and Dirty Tricks

Sarah Granger | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Rock the Vote, Hava, Voter Suppression, Databases, Electronic Voting Machines, Election Protection, Techpresident, Epic, Usacm, Voting, Vrd, Home News
Sarah Granger

Twitter users are encouraged to report any voting problems with the hashtag #votereport now through Election Day. Specific problems should be sent to @866ourvote along with #EP followed by the state in question, like #EPFL for Florida.

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The Rising Tide Of Online Opposition To Paulson's Plunder

Micah Sifry | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Paulson, Techpresident, Fail, Henry Paulson, Bush Paulson, Bailout, Paulson Wall Street, Paulson Fail, Internet Fail, Wall Street Fail, Balout Bush, Paulson Fail Sign, Home News
Micah Sifry

A sure indicator of public sentiment against the Paulson plan was the rapid spread of emails and websites poking fun at it. One email purporting to be from Paulson imitated the Nigerian scam emails that beg for cash.

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MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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Jerry Weinstein

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

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Personal Democracy Forum: Twitter Debate On Now!

Sarah Granger | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Internet, John McCain, Ana Marie Cox, Personal Democracy Forum, Twitter, Mike Nelson, Liz Mair, Barack Obama, Techpresident, Home News
Sarah Granger

Beginning Friday evening, representatives from the Obama and McCain campaigns will be embarking on a four-day debate online, via Twitter, and moderated by Ana Marie Cox.

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Ron Paul: Still President Of The Web

Silicon Valley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Candidate FaceTime, meetup.com, Ron Paul Internet, Ron Paul Supporters, Ron Paul, Techpresident, Business News

Ron Paul has no practical chance of winning the Republican nomination for president, but his sustained Web caché is remarkable. Last time we checked ...

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