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Politics
What Internet Election? Why Online Advertising Didn't Matter In 2010 - Advertising Age - Campaign Trail
In surveys among voters, more than 75% of respondents say they get much of their information regarding elections from TV. (They're too proud to say they get their information from TV commercials, but we know they're not sitting around all day watching C-SPAN and reading the Congressional Record.) About 15% say radio and a bit less than 10% cite direct mail, newspapers and the Internet. (Respondents are allowed to pick more than one medium, hence the total is over 100%.) Online Is the New Direct Mail
European Parliament Wields a Wider Influence - NYTimes.com
The Lisbon Treaty, which was introduced in December by the 27-country European Union, gave wide new powers to the bloc’s directly elected Parliament, making it a newly influential player, analysts say. For the first time, the European Parliament will be able to vote down international treaties, including trade deals. Although a vote on the issue ultimately went against her, Ms. Clinton’s aides may need to keep that phone number handy. With new parliamentary powers over civil liberties, agriculture, the E.U. budget and several other crucial areas, European lawmaking is destined to change. BRUSSELS — During tense talks on an international data-sharing deal last month, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the U.S. secretary of state, did something probably none of her predecessors needed to do: she picked up the phone and called the European Parliament.
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