Dodd opens up his 'war room'

bhschenker — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:49:33 -0400

In a first for a political campaign, Dodd for President invited anyone who wanted the ability to watch and ask questions to staff through a live video stream during the Democratic Presidential debate. Both the Deputy Campaign Manager and Policy Director answered questions across dozens of sites inluding, Chris Dodd for President, Booman Tribune, My Left Nutmeg, DailyKos, MyDD, BlueHampshire, and MySpace.

"We're excited to start a real two way conversation with the people out there."

You can watch this at http://www.chrisdodd.com/sc_debate

Brett Schenker
Dodd for President

Daily Digest: 4/25/07

Joshua Levy — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:08:09 -0400

The Web on the Candidates

MySpace and Mark Burnett (producer of TV shows like Rock Star: INXS) are working together on a new reality show that will search for an independent presidential candidate. "Contestants in the show, set to launch in early 2008, will meet the public and interact with supporters, protesters and others. An interactive 'town hall' will give MySpace users and TV viewers a chance to rate their performance." The show is still looking to partner with a network, though something -- I don't know, intuition maybe -- tells me that Rupert Murdoch-owned MySpace will ultimately find a partnership with Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox...

A bipartisan alliance has signed a petition asking the Republican and Democratic National Committees "To Ensure All Presidential Debate Video Can Be Legally Put On Sites Like YouTube." The petition was started by Stanford professor and copyright activist Lawrence Lessig, and it seeks to make certain that all debate footage (which would be officially owned by the networks on which the debates appear) be put into the public domain or licensed as "Creative Commons," Lessig's alternative copyright vision. It was signed by the who's who of tech/politics, including techPresident's own Micah Sifry. See the post for the complete list.

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Dodd opens up his 'war room'

Daily Digest: 4/25/07