Online Engagement Strategies for Candidates, Electeds & Activists. Could Twitter-Based Donations Change Politics in 2012? If Barack Obama and Mitt Romney could collect donations directly from Twitter, would that significantly change the 2012 race for the White House? Chirpify, a Twitter-based commerce platform, is hoping to have a profound impact on this year's elections. The company, which has previously worked mostly with record labels and non-profits, opened up to the world of politics Tuesday morning. The platform is simple: It allows users to easily send a donation, buy a product or pay a bill via Twitter. Now, users can donate to political campaigns with Chirpify, too. A sample tweet might look like this: “Donate $amount to @BarackObama for Election 2012” or “Donate $amount to @MittRomney for Election 2012.
" If a user has already connected a Chirpify account to their Twitter handle and method of payment, the entire transaction will happen seamlessly in the background. Essentially, Chirpify aims to monetize the social microphone that already exists on Twitter. Gary Hart: Is Progress Possible? He who controls the meaning of words defines the debate.
George Orwell, among others, understood this very well. 'All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others," for example. When ideological media chatterers demonized the very legitimate word "liberal," most Democrats substituted the word "progressive" to describe their policies and beliefs. Therefore, it is worth exploring the meaning of progressive. Progress, according to Oxford, is: forward movement, advance, development, improvement; and progressive is: moving forward, proceeding step by step, rapid reform, modern, efficient. Much of American history can be traced through efforts to move forward, to progress, while preserving the best of our past. They are about government. When asked about the impact of her severe reductions in government service on society, Margaret Thatcher said: "There is no such thing as society.
" Texts from Hillary. It’s been an overwhelming—and hilarious—week for us here at Texts from Hillary (TFH). What started as a joke at the bar between two friends turned into a national conversation about Secretary Clinton and went as far as talks about 2016. After a week that included 32 posts, 83,000 shares on Facebook, 8,400 Twitter followers, over 45K Tumblr followers, news stories around the world, Renee Montagne from Morning Edition saying “ROFL,” a Maureen Dowd column, and a tweet from ? Uest Love, we think it’s time to stop while we are ahead. As far as memes go – it has gone as far as it can go. The site will stay up but we won’t be posting anything new here.
Thanks for all the LOLz. It turns out that memes really do come true. -Stacy and Adam. Power Play: Twitter and Politics. Live Blogging the New Hampshire Primary. New England is perhaps America’s most tightly-knit region, and being a New Englander can substantially help a candidate in the New Hampshire primary. But just how much of an advantage should it provide to the lone New Englander in the Republican field, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney? In the chart below, I’ve looked at the performance of the eight viable presidential candidates from New England in the New Hampshire primary since 1972.
The chart excludes candidates like Robert C. On average, these candidates were polling at 17 percent in the national polls at the time of the New Hampshire primary. We can perform a more complicated version of this analysis if we like, but it produces the same result. Some caution should be applied in looking at the results. Still, Mr. . — Nate Silver. Cybersecurity as a Campaign Issue. A Few Mentions at a Couple of Debates. That's It A major attack on key information systems could create havoc throughout the United States and severely damage the ability of our government, economy and society to function properly. Yet, as voters around the country begin the process to elect the next president, cybersecurity as a campaign issue is virtually nonexistent.
"There really hasn't been much serious discussion of any issue, much less national security or foreign trade," James Lewis, director and senior fellow of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. "Wait until the campaigns get hacked again, then they'll start paying attention. " Cybersecurity isn't part of any of the candidates' stump speeches. It's the Economy, Stupid No doubt, few if any of the candidates truly understand the mechanics needed to secure critical IT.
As to Harper's concern about frightening the public, so be it. Texas Gov. DHS to name Weatherford cybersecurity chief - Jennifer Martinez. Twitter Advertising: Some Early Advice. Campaign pros are taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to advertising on Twitter. Political advertising hit the microblogging site for the first time late last month with four presidential campaigns and some major party committees taking part in Twitter’s pilot program. Among those who have already run sponsored tweets: the presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
The political advertisements follow a format similar to corporate sponsored tweets—promoted political tweets and accounts will appear with a purple “promoted” button beneath them. An FEC disclaimer appears when users roll over the promoted tweet with their cursor. Earlier this week, Twitter also launched an advertising blog and an account called @TwitterAds with the goal of keeping people in the know about Twitter’s burgeoning ad options. Jennifer Siebel-Newsom Endorses Joanna Rees For S.F. Mayor. Jon Pincus - Google+ - Here's Google's "suggested users" for politics. What do you… Barack Obama | Latest News. Barack Obama to Start Tweeting From @BarackObama Account. A new low in political TV spots: attack ad shows CD-36 candidate Janice Hahn as stripper (VIDEO) : Politics Blog. A raunchy attack ad which depicts Democratic Congressional candidate Janice Hahn as a stripper cozying up to gun-wielding ganster rappers is now being condemned by both Republicans and Democrats as a new low in California politics.
Scores of leading California Democrats and key women’s groups like EMILY’s List have leveled blistering criticism at the commercial by an independent expenditure group. It debuted this week during California’s CD-36 special election runoff between Los Angeles City Councilwoman Hahn and conservative businessman Craig Huey. But with the election just weeks away — July 12 — attacks on the spot have also come from Republicans, including the campaign of Huey himself, who is competing with Hahn to represent the 36th district based in Los Angeles County.
First, here’s the commercial, titled “Give us your cash, B–ch!”. And we warn you — the spot is about as jaw-dropping as it gets in politics: Election 2012: It's Not Facebook. It's the Data, Stupid. Now that President Obama, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty have all declared their intentions to run for President in 2012 and rolled out their initial campaign websites, and another leading contender, Sarah Palin, has also unveiled a revamped website for her political operation, SarahPac, it's possible to begin sketching the contours of the 2012 election online. And so far, the inside-the-beltway political media is missing the big story. It's not Facebook. It's the data, stupid. Unlike in 2008, when reporters had to be led by the nose to cover the Internet's emergence as the central battlefield of the campaign, this time around no one needs any convincing.
Neither do the campaigns. So far, most of the early media coverage of the tech side of 2012 has been emphasizing the value to candidates of using social media like Twitter and making friends on Facebook. Well, let me beg to differ. One reason for the tech gap is money. Qik Live « Adriel Hampton: Wired to Share. 2010 Giving Campaign. Petitions and Surveys For petitions and surveys you've signed or completed, we treat your name, city, state, and comments as public information - for example, we may provide compilations of petitions, with your comments, to the President and legislators, other targets, or to the press.
We will not make your street address publicly available, but we may transmit it to members of Congress and to the President as part of a petition. This is a standard industry practice in such situations. In no such case will we disclose your email address or phone number without your permission. We may also make your comments, along with your first name, city, and state available to the press and public online. Under circumstances where we determine that members may be misusing our systems for malicious purposes (for example, using the numbers we provide to make harassing phone calls), such activities may be reported to law enforcement agencies. For our complete privacy policy, click here. When good people serve, we all win : Sarah Granger : City Brights. The general feeling of displeasure felt by the public when viewing our political system exists for good reason.
Corruption runs rampant at all levels of government – in our country as with others – most notably at the top. But not everyone falls prey to that mechanism, nor does everyone fit that mold. So when the good people are elected, they give us an even greater service as citizens and residents. That’s why I’m so happy to see another amazing person helping supervise the city: Malia Cohen of District 10. Driving through her district Wednesday night, I was filled with a sense of awe and admiration. Writing this, I realize the bar has been set high, but Malia is more than worthy of meeting the necessary challenges and rise above it. Now not only do we have another experienced and socially conscious individual on the Board of Supervisors; we also have the meeting of great minds on the open government side.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee : Robert Menendez Statement On Patty Murray Chairing DSCC. CNN: Ex-manager headed to W.H. | POLITICO 44. Top 5 Ways to Make an Impact in the Next Election. Not happy with how things turned out in the 2010 election? Or excited and fired-up by the results? Either way, it's not too early to start thinking about how to get involved for 2012. And rather than let this opportunity slip by, I wanted to write a little bit about what I've learned after eight years of being actively involved in politics. It's actually much easier than you might think to get connected and to make a difference. First, I have to confess that I spent a dozen years wishing to do something political before I took the leap. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of other people are like that, because I've witnessed this phenomenon in the past where people -- particularly women -- who want to get involved in politics don't do so because they aren't quite sure how to best devote their time and they really don't know if they can make an impact. 1) Sign up for a local political group.
Find out what the hot issues are locally. 2) Give money. 4) Run for office. 5) Encourage others. (VIDEO) Boxer vs. Fiorina: How Did They Answer Citizen Questions? BlogHer has partnered with 10Questions, a project of the Personal Democracy Forum, to bring citizens' questions to political candidates. Here, we put the spotlight on some of the answers by California Senatorial candidates Barbara Boxer (Democrat) and Carly Fiorina (Republican).
Question: Net Neutrality Net Neutrality is traffic on the Internet, from the largest corporate website to the smallest community blog, should be treated equally. Do you support Net Neutrality, and would you support the FCC's efforts to make it the rule of the road? Answers: Question: Proposition 19 Prop 19, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 claims passage will generate billions of dollars of new revenue for the State of California. Question: Keeping Domestic Jobs We live in a world economy in which we ourselves are having trouble competing. Question: Green Economic Growth How will you support growth in the green economy? What to Do Next Sarah Granger blogs here and there. Video on Demand « CBS San Francisco- News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of SF. Congressional Candidate Stephene Moore Answers BlogHer's Questions.
BlogHer reached out to women candidates running in tight races this election cycle -- here at BlogHer.com and on Facebook and Twitter. After collecting the questions, we sent six to each candidate. Stephene Moore, running for Congress in Kansas's 3rd District, answered questions from the BlogHer community here: 1) How does your experience as a nurse translate to being a legislator? As a nurse you are trained to listen and bring people together to reach consensus. There are too many politicians looking out for themselves, and not enough people who have experience bringing people together and finding common ground. I will bring the skills that I have developed to Congress and work for the people of the district.
People are sick of the partisan bickering. 2) How specifically can we cover more people, close the donut hole, etc. and make health care more affordable at the same time? As a nurse, I have seen all too often that our health insurance system is broken. Online Election Resources : Sarah Granger : City Brights. LAST CALL: Ask Candidates Your Questions! For part of our omni-partisan midterm election coverage, we have been reaching out to some of the major campaigns and political organizations looking for women candidates who are interested in answering BlogHer community questions in the final days of the campaign, and we're happy to report that we now have candidates who will be participating. As with Carly Fiorina, who answered our questions in a phone interview, and Kirsten Gillibrand, who met with us in person, these candidates will answer questions we collect here at BlogHer.com, via Twitter and Facebook.
We're excited that the following candidates have accepted our invitation for interviews: Paula Brooks, Candidate for U.S. House, Ohio, District 12Robin Carnahan, Candidate for U.S. Senate, MissouriSuzan DelBene, Candidate for U.S. House, Washington, District 8Betsy Markey, Candidate for U.S. We will continue to add candidates to the list if they respond to our inquiries or reach out to us.
Sarah Granger blogs here and there. Shocking Violence: MoveOn Activist Thrown to the Ground, Head-Stomped at Rand Paul Event. "Offended and outraged. " That was the reaction of MoveOn’s Ilyse Hogue to Rand Paul campaign worker Tim Profitt -- who suggested that Lauren Valle should apologize for being thrown to the ground and having her head stomped by his fellow supporters. Raw footage shows the 23-year-old, 110-pound Valle being held down by two big men as another kicked her head (causing a concussion) and stepped on her neck.
A fourth person, a woman, simply stepped on her. It’s not clear why, considering that Valle was clearly still on the ground in the video. Meanwhile, candidate Rand Paul accepted the handshakes and cheers of those around him. The video itself is shocking, along with the otherwise casual reaction of onlookers. It’s more than a little ironic that today two White House advisors, Valerie Jarrett and Lynn Rosenthal, are holding a press conference to discuss the Obama administration’s effort to combat violence against women. I agree. BlogHer is nonpartisan but our bloggers aren't! What You Missed: Midterm Elections in 7 Minutes [VIDEO] The role of social media in political campaigns : Sarah Granger : City Brights. 2010 Must-Read Political Blogs by Women. Rule boosts disclosure of political ad sponsors.
Fur Flies Between Coons and O'Donnell in Delaware Senate Debate. Watch Live: Final Gubernatorial Face-Off. Krystal Ball's serious run - PATRICK GAVIN | POLITICO CLICK. Meg Whitman's Latino Problem. Bc.com Video Player. Congress Debates Coolness Of Rush. Questions for Candidates? We'll Get the Answers. Election 2010: What's at Stake for Obama and Women Candidates This November. California Democratic Party. Carly Fiorina Answers BlogHer's Questions. Sweden clears Assange of rape - Charles Hoskinson. Questions for Carly Fiorina? Go Ahead and Ask. Joe Sestak, the 60th Democrat. Rob Diamond: GOP: Ground Zero Hypocrites. NN10 PAVILION on USTREAM: The fifth annual gathering of the Netroots (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention) will be held July 22-25 at the Rio Hotel. Democrats Make $28 Million TV Buy - The Caucus Blog. The 2012 Project. Using New Media in Political Campaigns. Advice From Arianna Huffington: Three Words to Take on the World.
Blog detail. Beau Biden joins Twitter - The Hill's Twitter Room.