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Joshua Levy 05/23/2008 - 8:06pm

You may not know it, but it's convention season. For the Libertarian Party, anyway. Bob Barr is livestreaming from his booth at the event, and while there's nothing exciting happening at the moment, it's pretty cool that his campaign is into this stuff.

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The McCain Update

The McCain Update - May 23, 2008

This week we relaunched JohnMcCain.com with new features and tools for supporters like you to use. Along with the new design of the site, there are new ways to get involved, recruit your friends and spread the word about John McCain.

Visit JohnMcCain.com today to check out the new website and help elect John McCain the next president of the United States.

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This is a pivotal moment in the election, and right now your feedback will shape the next phase of this campaign.

We have three more contests to go, and we're going to fight for every delegate to secure the Democratic nomination.

But we've also been through more than four-dozen contests in the states and territories, and your experience so far is an important factor as we plan for a 50-state campaign to take on John McCain.

Luigi Montanez 05/23/2008 - 3:41pm

We’ve all seen microsites used in politics, from ImpeachGonzales.org last year to the recently launched CanWeAsk.com. Common to microsites are a clear message and clear call to action. But how about sites that are literally just one word? A few years ago the site Is Lost a Repeat? launched. Now, we have Is Barack Obama Muslim?, aimed at knocking down the rumors spread via email chain letters.

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Nancy Scola 05/23/2008 - 1:50pm

A new article in Yale's Journal of Law & Technology offers up a somewhat counterintuitive new online plan for the next presidential administration to make government more useful, more accountable, and more transparent -- in short, give up.

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Joshua Levy 05/23/2008 - 12:20pm

David Brooks talks about geeks, tech, and politics; dreams of an Obama-Webb ticket; CQ's VP contest is over, and the winner is...; a new study suggests that HuffPo readers aren't as homogeneous as you think; two new projects hope to produce quality journalism with the help of their readers; chat with Obama fans on FriendFeed; the RNC launches a cool video contest; and anti-Mitch McConnell ads on two cheap gas sites.

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Micah L. Sifry 05/23/2008 - 10:47am

It's one thing to read about an event in the newspaper; it's another thing to watch the event in its unexpurgated form as raw, unedited video. And as more people carry video cameras or video-enabled mobile phones, it's a safe bet that high-, medium- and even low-visibility political events are going to be recorded by participants and find their way to the web. Not every video will be a "macaca" moment, but these primary documents have their own power to persuade or affect opinions precisely because they're so organically real. Such is the case with Barack Obama's appearance yesterday at a Boca Raton synagogue

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Joshua Levy 05/23/2008 - 10:25am

Just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, we bring you eight political videos that are guaranteed to stick to your consciousness like ketchup on a burger. You can never escape the tubes!

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