Campaigns Online

Netroots Continue

Chicago Tribune has a great article examining the role of the Internet in campaigns and how it continues to evolve. The article notes the biggest development has been online grassroots:

Perhaps of greater significance, savvy use of the Internet is opening the way for faster and more efficient mobilization of volunteer networks to carry out the groundwork of a campaign, such as canvassing for support and getting out the vote on Election Day.

Warner Decides Not to Run in'08

In a statement posted today on his Forward Together PAC website and blog, Gov. Mark Warner has decided not to run for president.

Registered users can post comments about his decison on his blog.

Internet GOTV

The Austin American-Statesman has an article today about how the Internet has revolutionized voter drives. The article notes:

This year, though, that final-weeks campaign for Democrats in Texas has gone high tech. The campaign is similar to the Internet-based voter-turnout effort that MoveOn.org made work nationally two years ago. It used databases to identify prospective voters, to contact some people and to organize get-out-the-vote drives.

Connecticut Bloggers Influential

In Connecticut anonymous bloggers are reshaping politics.

Today's Connecticut Post profiles this phenomenon.