Semi-pro campaign journalism gets a mid-term review; Republican consultant launches NoJohn.com; Chuck DeFeo shares his secrets for getting attention online; Obama gets naked with his earmarks, will Clinton follow?; and now you can listen in too on those campaign conference calls.

A coalition of right-wing bloggers, MoveOn, and others pressures Fox to release footage of the debates; Political Base maps campaign contributions; Ron Paul supporters turn to video gaming to support their man; another social networking site lets you discuss the election; transparency is upon us -- how will the next president react?; Ron Paul raises less than he hoped, but continues to climb into the mainstream; a new Hillary Clinton site for young voters has an unfortunate name; and Colbert is out... or is he?

Barack Obama continues to take hits from the progressive netroots; RedState makes the mistake of banning Ron Paul supporters from its site; new Ron Paul graphs fun; Mashable posts a primer on online politics; Why Tuesday's Jacob Soboroff his heading to Iowa, and wants us to know exactly how the caucuses work; netroots darling Chris Dodd shows up on FireDogLake; and details on his second place finish in a DailyKos straw poll.