Daily Digest: 7/2/07

Joshua Levy — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:58:51 -0400

The Web on the Candidates

Two weeks ago we reported about John Edwards' "Demand and Be Heard" competition, in which the campaign encouraged supporters to use Eventful to "demand" an appearance by Edwards in their town. As Alex Hunsucker from Eventful writes, Los Angeles had been in the lead for most of the two weeks, but suddenly Hunsucker noticed a change: the small town of Columbus, KY (pop: 229) had taken the lead in the number of demands for Edwards. The reason? Responding to presidential candidates' neglect of rural areas, an Edwards supporter named Shawn Dixon has been helping organize the other small towns in the Columubs area to demand Edwards come to Columbus. To date, there are 641 demands for Columbus, which beats out Eureka, CA and Ann Arbor, MI for the most demanded town. Los Angeles has dropped to number four, with 221 demands.

Andy Carvin was in the media room at last week's Democratic All-American Presidential Forum, sponsored by PBS at Howard University. Lamenting the fact that the candidates weren't asked about the digital divide -- a favorite topic -- Carvin sought them out in "spin alley," where some of the candidates lingered after the debate. While he managed to get Dennis Kucinich, Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, and Mike Gravel to tell him how they would close the digital divide, he wanted more. "The lesson learned: it’s hard to get more than a sound bite when the candidates are in spin mode," Carvin wrote. You can watch video of his interviews here.

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Daily Digest: 7/2/07