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Exploring how campaigns, candidates, and grassroots advocates are using the net as a communications and organizing tool. Published by Kari Chisholm at Mandate Media.
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The folly of speculative domain squatting
Anytime there's a new name in the news, speculators rush in and try to grab relevant domain names - in hopes of the big bucks. From the NY Times blog: Last December, Mr. Fruedenberg and two friends spent $975 to...
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Don't use fake quotes in draft emails. Especially if you're calling your opponent an asshole.
There are many good reasons why designers use the fake-greek text "lorem ipsum..." as placeholder text. Among them, because the alternatives are bound to lead you into trouble. A few years back, a friend in higher education told me that...
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Jim Inhofe campaign called out for spamming voters
In Oklahoma, it appears that the Jim Inhofe campaign did an email append against a voterfile -- and worse, they've made it impossible to unsubscribe. As I've written many, many, many, many, many times before, this is a very bad...
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The disconnect between consultants and voters
I've said it many times before: Political campaigns are stunningly conservative when it comes to tactics. Until they've got nothing to lose, most managers and consultants won't deviate off their campaign strategy & budget template. From MediaPost: Almost two-thirds of...
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In Pennsylvania, an email broadcasting effort gone awry.
It's really pretty simple, actually. Don't use government funds to do political campaign work. From Philly.com: Over more than two years, as they toiled in the minority, Democrats in the state House allegedly purchased millions of e-mail addresses to send...
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Cornyn staffer caught trolling Burnt Orange Report
It's happened again. Another GOP staffer has been caught red-handed trolling anonymously on a progressive blog. From Burnt Orange Report: Many of you have become familiar with user Buck Smith's abusive comments that troll the site, attack and personally insult...
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