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Micah L. Sifry, 06/06/2008 - 8:34am

t's Friday, which means it's time for our favorite new political videos the week. From Kosovo minefields to lobbyist lollypops to "fist bumps of hope," we've got it all.

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Joshua Levy, 05/29/2008 - 10:30am

A Digg-style site lets Obama supporters make suggestions to the campaign; a video of a Young Hillary Clinton; who, exactly, are these online Republicans we hear about?; Click 4 Obama makes a political FreeRice site; Causes posts some big numbers; and the RNC launches a Obama Iraq countdown clock.

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Joshua Levy, 05/28/2008 - 11:22am

A fake superdelegate on YouTube; Hillary can't catch a break online; Grover Norquist shows up in the RNC's "Can We Ask" campaign; graphic designers get out the vote; John McCain shores up his tech policy; a McCain adviser answers Wired readers' questions; Hillary's t-shirt contest enters the voting stage; Ron Paul's been employing tons of family members; and a Member of Congress uses Qik.

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Joshua Levy, 05/23/2008 - 11:20am

David Brooks talks about geeks, tech, and politics; dreams of an Obama-Webb ticket; CQ's VP contest is over, and the winner is...; a new study suggests that HuffPo readers aren't as homogeneous as you think; two new projects hope to produce quality journalism with the help of their readers; chat with Obama fans on FriendFeed; the RNC launches a cool video contest; and anti-Mitch McConnell ads on two cheap gas sites.

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Joshua Levy, 05/13/2008 - 11:43am

An anti-Hillary Facebook glitch; looking for the Digital New Deal; looking at the average worth of legislators vs. American families; White House Rocks and the superdelegate superheroes; a Mediabistro circus will focus on online journalism and politics; the RNC and John McCain launch two new green sites; Barack Obama post online ad jobs on Craigslist; Gov Gab wants your input; and Obama and Bono to duet?

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Joshua Levy, 05/09/2008 - 12:27pm

Jose Antonio Vargas thinks Barack Obama's early popularity online pointed to his electoral success; Color of Change hits Hillary for "race-baiting"; Al Franken is annoyed by a pesky blogger; the New York Times botches superdelegate data, and Congresspedia gets it right; super-conservative Richard Viguerie launches anti-John McCain site; Micah Sifry livestreamed on Qik; Obama launches a huge voter registration drive; the RNC hits Obama with an attack ad, almost securing him as the Democratic nominee in the process; and Obama wins an award for its texting smarts

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Joshua Levy, 01/28/2008 - 11:26am

Voto Latino combines the telenovela with voter registration; the brief rise and fall of Unity 08; why are we seeing such a rise in Democratic voter turnout?; the Clinton Spendometer makes an outrageous claim about Hillary Clinton's spending proposals; Barack Obama is raising a ton of money in the aftermath of South Carolina; and Hillary again responds to supporters' questions in a new video.

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Joshua Levy, 01/22/2008 - 11:19am

Jeff Jarvis rounds up the many, many ways to chop, splice, and parse online data about the elections; General JC Christian produces a Second Life parody site devoted to Mike Huckabee; Al Qaeda asks its members to submit questions to its #2 leader; what Star Wars characters do the candidates remind you of?; Ron Paul launches an effort to recruit precinct captains; and RNC online operations guy Cyrus Krohn gets a nice puff piece.

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Joshua Levy, 01/09/2008 - 11:07am

So the winners in NH or Clinton and McCain, much to everyone's surprise. Mike Connery has an excellent explanation for Clinton's success among young voters; Jeff Jarvis wonders if Obama could be the first candidate elected by the Internet; Todd Zeigler reviews Obama's revamped site design, and likes what he sees; Jose Antonio Vargas investigates the netroots' tepid support for Obama; Hillary Clinton suddenly voices support for government bloggers and transparency; and the RNC and DNC post stale responses to last night's victories.

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