Internet advocacy and web based grassroots movements are continuing their ascent to the top of contemporary political action.
Obama Embraces The Internet as a Forum for Public Access
March 27, 2009 By
With yesterday’s Online Town Hall meeting at the White House, the age of Internet Advocacy was widely acknowledged. National constituents ranging from the members of NORML to teachers to nurses had the ear of the president and the world as they used the internet to raise their issues.
RNC to Host Open Meeting on Tech Ideas
February 9, 2009 By
The Republican National Committee will be hosting a technology summit on Friday where activists and experts will be given 5 minute blocks of time to express their own ideas about how the GOP should take advantage of high-tech tools to move forward.
Update on Obama’s Pledged Legislative Transparency
February 9, 2009 By
Patrick Ruffini draws attention to President Obama’s election pledge to shed some light on the legislative process by posting legislation to the White House web site and permitting 5 days of public comment before signing.
Are Obama’s Early Virtual Grassroots Efforts Working?
February 8, 2009 By
Now the Obama campaign has a massive list of supporters and donors with disparate motivations and desires. It is likely that not all of them support the stimulus package currently on the table, and it is even more likely that support for future policy battles will steadily erode as details emerge and divergent viewpoints resurface.
Nevertheless, Obama has an important resource and even partial success could translate into legislative victories in Washington, DC.
House GOP Seeking Technology Edge
February 7, 2009 By
Are House Republicans getting ahead of the game when it comes to technology? Nancy Scola at TechPresident seems to think so. She writes that “Again and again, Hill Republicans are proving themselves more creative, more ambitious, and more forward-looking than Hill Democrats when it comes to the web.” Scola specifically points to the recent announcement [...]
Building Obama’s Presidential Grassroots Organization
February 7, 2009 By
Usually when a presidential election concludes, the campaign goes dormant for a few years while much of the party-building and other grassroots activities switches to the national party committee and state and local campaigns. Not the Obama campaign. They have decided — probably wisely — to try to continue to harness the energy of its [...]
How Obama Changed the Landscape
February 5, 2009 By
Greg Mitchell offers an excerpt of his new book Why Obama Won at Huffington Post. In it, he attempts to explain the new state of politics. This excerpt poses the essential question that Mitchell attempts to explore: How did sites with names like Politico and FiveThirtyEight and Eschaton and Crooks and Liars and “HuffPo” collectively [...]
