Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Eighteen-year-old Heather from Alexandria, Virginia, just graduated from 12th grade home schooling. She isn't sure yet what her occupation will be, but she knows she likes John McCain (also her church, Starbucks coffee, and reading). On a post-primaries jaunt into DC, she spotted this cutout. (Thanks, Ann Raber).
[Rag Muffin ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
[freshelectrons / Flickr]
On Thursday, Barack Obama declined public financing for the general election. There was a slight lag before citizen talk revved up online -- maybe everyone needed to brush up on campaign finance laws? -- but it was in full swing yesterday. The common camps: 1) Obama lied; he's ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Paul is a Christian from the DC area. He was born in small-town China and emigrated after Tiananmen. Somewhere along the way he became a master of satire. Here he poses as a "traditionalist" to explain what distinguishes him from progressives. (Hat tip to Sarolta Cump.)
He didn't break character ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
They're everywhere on YouTube and Flickr and in the blogosphere: ads made by supporters to promote their favorite candidates. They're 2008's Web 2.0 version of homemade posters and banners -- fuelled by digital media gadgetry. This video is a good example because its creator, Phil de Vellis, explains both why ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
[Genevieve Sponsler]
1. What part of the country do you live in?
I relocated to Massachusetts last fall to work for PRX, but I'm originally from D.C. suburbia.
2. Why are you interested in Web 2.0 and the election?
I got interested in the possibilities of the Web from my summer internships during college. ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
So Nader's running again.
Johnny Camacho, a teenaged Virginia Democrat, defends Nader's bid against the tidal wave of Democratic vitriol that followed yesterday's announcement. He argues that Nader didn't cost Al Gore any votes in 2000 and believes Nader may actually have handed the Democrats extra votes that year. As to ...
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