Campaigns Online

Lieberman is Still Not Talking

Lieberman has yet to post to his Campaign Diary in more than a month.

And you wonder why his campaign doesn't have a blog. If they can't be bother to update a simple diary, imagine how they could handle a blog.

NPR: Blogs Open New Political Front

NPR aired the segment on today's All Thing Considered. Alexis Rice (project director for campaignsonline.org) was interviewed for the peice and they took soundbites from two of the panalist from last week's JHU Symposium we hosted on the Internet and Campaigning.

Click here to listen to the segment.

Open Thread: Share Your Thoughts on the Use of Blogging in Political Campaigns

We want to hear from you!
Share you thoughts on why you think blogging is important in political campaigning.

NPR to Discuss Blogs in Campaigning on All Things Considered Today

The peice we thought was running on Morning Edition is actually “scheduled” to air this afternoon on All Things Considered.

Clark Outgrows His First Blog

The Clark blog posted yesterday that:

Sometime within the next 12 hours, we'll be redirecting all requests to blog.clark04.com to www.forclark.com, thus completing the first phase of our blog strategy. Since Septeber 27, this blog has received over 52,000 comments from thousands of individuals. We're working on some scripts which will import all 52,000 comments and 150+ blog entries into the Clark Community Network.

The Clark Community Network provides us with a much better community structure for conversation, organization and planning. Every registered user gets their own blog and every comment can be voted on by the community, which helps us filter the "bad" content from the good. Additionally, we're building in access to Community Section mailing lists.

As of tonight, the campaign has yet to redirect.

NPR to Focus on Blogs in Campaigning

NPR was at our symposium last night on Internet and blogs’ impact on 2004 presidential election. A segment on this Friday’s Morning Edition is scheduled on the topic of blogs in campaigning.

Additionally, KCPW, an NPR affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah, will be interviewing Alexis Rice (Project Director of campaignsonline.org) on their Public Affairs Hour on Friday at 9am (Mountain Time).

JHU Symposium on the Internet and Blogs Impact on 2004 Presidential Election

Tonight experts in online campaigning will be addressing students. This event is open to the public and the media.

The symposium will take place at JHU's Bernstein-Offit Building in Washington, DC at 1717 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., room LL7.

Panelist:

Michael B. Cornfield, Research Director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet. Author of Politics Moves Online and The Civic Web, co-edited with David M. Anderson

Harrison "Lee" Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project

R. Rebecca Donatelli, President of Campaign Solutions and lead Internet consultant to the McCain for President 2000 campaign

Laura Quinn, Managing Partner at QRS Newmedia, Inc. During the 2000 Presidential elections, Ms. Quinn was senior communications advisor to the Democratic National Committee

Create Your Own Campaign Blog

The Edwards and Clark campaigns let you have your own blog space on their official blogs.
Edward started this last month and Clark just created this service on his new Clark Community Network.

Clark Gets His Own Personal Blog

Clark's now has his very own blog, that only he (not the campaign or volunteers) can post to.

But on a blog posting about this, the Clark campaign notes:

Knowing how hectic his schedule is, we still only expect it to be about once a week, though we always hope for more. He recognizes the benefits of online community and has worked with us closely to make sure his message comes across clear and strong.

At least the Clark campaign is honest about this!

Dean's Internet Revolution

The New York Times today has an editorial observation by Francis X. Clines
about the Dean campaign and their use of the Internet to rake in campaign donations and to create a grassroots network.

Clines asserts in the editorial that:

Whether Dr. Dean wins the presidency or not, his strategists' mastery of the Internet as a tool for organizing volunteers and amassing money already qualifies as the main innovation of the 2004 campaign. True believers think that it's as important as the moment Dwight Eisenhower decided to make friends with the infant TV industry.