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Freedomfighter — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:59:07 -0400

Her reply ad is also far more complimentary of McCain than what could be expected. She mocked him and mocked herself but than supported drilling now.

About organizing, not press

Nancy Scola — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:06:32 -0400

Hey, Elisa. So great to find you here. I wasn't able to make it to BlogHer this year but I did make it out to San Jose in '06 and had a great time meeting some excellent women. Following the conference online this year, it did seem to be quite a success. But let me flesh out what I meant in that "quick hit." For those of us focused on the political blogosphere and press, BlogHer didn't attract as much attention Netroots Nation or even RightOnline did -- part of which does seem to be explained by timing, with those two purely-political conferences overlapping with BlogHer in whole or part. And as Markos mentions, one factor seems to be that, for traditional media at least, there's no clear call on which reporter to send to a conference of women who blog.

But I think there's more to it, and it has to do with the very diversity of the conference. Let me just throw out the idea that it may be (a) fair (b) actually useful to think of BlogHer as one giant umbrella that covers the smaller networks of women connected through their participation the same blogospheres. We have women political bloggers and women mommy bloggers and women food bloggers and so on, and they all occasionally come together under the banner of "BlogHer." I get immense value out of my informal and semi-formal networks of women who work in politics and/or technology, so I know how important that can be. But a huge chunk of that value comes from the fact that these are people who pretty much the same thing that I do. For someone in similar shoes, connecting with men who work in the same arena might be as valuable or even more valuable than organizing with women who work in different fields.

As the political blogosphere and online politics continue to evolve, this thing about Netroots Nation/RightOnline/BlogHer press coverage does, in my mind, point to the question of what's the most useful way to make the best use of limited time and resources. (Alas, there are only so many days on the calender, there is only so much money one can spend on conferences, and, for what it's worth, there are a limited number of reporters available to cover events.) That's still very much an open question, though.

Oh, and I totally would go for Clark as VP

ElisaCam — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:18:14 -0400

On a different note: I'm excited Clark is still in the running for VP. I have admired him since I became famliiar with him during the 2004 primaries and think he would make an excellent choice.

Elisa Camahort Page
BlogHer Inc

So little?

ElisaCam — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:17:03 -0400

Just want to comment on the framing you inferred from Kos' post:

We're quite up front that we are not a focused, partisan event, but rather a cross-topic educational, community networking and cultural event. As I just commented on dailyKos, speaking for me and my two co-founders (Lisa Stone and Jory Des Jardins): BlogHer was completely thrilled about both the event's success (our fourth straight sold-out annual event) and its coverage...which you can see in its full glory at http://blogher.com/press-clippings. We have had no complaints on either count.

Our *community*, however, is an extremely diverse group, so of course each group wishes there was more focus and coverage on what they do...whether politics, tech, personal or business blogging. More power to them.

Elisa Camahort Page
BlogHer Inc

wow

alicescheshirecat — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:37:34 -0400

I'm about as partisan (dem) as they come, but honestly, I love troublemakers and I live for using technology as a form of transparency for our government. I say power to them. I'll definitely report on it for my Monday blog at Wiretapmag.org!

Yep

Fred Gooltz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:32:59 -0400

I agree. Though, as somebody who is kinda partly responsible for JRE's ubiquitous presence on socnets, I do think that Dodd's use of the Citizen Whip VoIP tool was new and good.

Dodd leveraged the platform of his campaign to raise the profile of his signature governing policy beliefs in a way that suited the issue.

He enabled his supporters as well as a much wider universe of issue activists to advocate WITH him.

I'd like to see more of that from electeds and candidates.

Uh, duh!

Freedomfighter — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:49:58 -0400

"The poll, which captured the answers of a self-selected 13% of conference attendees offered another nugget: while 40% of respondents describe themselves as "liberal," 47% identify as "progressive." There was not a single person who called themselves "conservative;" "

Why was this poll conducted at all? Campaign for America's Future is far off to the left and isn't Netroots Nation a left wing organization anyway? Talk about self-fulfilling prophecy!

Thanks Dave- It was a wild

technosailor — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:04:51 -0400

Thanks Dave-

It was a wild week and the events surrounding myself and Culberson allowed me to, among other things, understand that what we're doing with blogging is not filling dead space.

Appreciate the mention and the solid write up.

Many missing the real issue

Andrew Wright — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:01:22 -0400

Any discussion about which platforms are acceptable for MoC communications and which aren't shouldn't be the issue. As long as that's what's being discussed, speech loses. This shouldn't be a "franking" issue. I'm not sure what taxpayer resources are being used to sent a message on Twitter. MoCs should be trusted to use communications technology as they wish, and they assume the risks involved if they mess up. Citizens should be trusted to be able to distinguish ads from content. These regulations treat MoCs and citizens like children, with the Rules Committee as the overprotective parent. Not to mention that MoCs don't forfeit their first amendment rights when physically on Capitol grounds.

Sunlight is harming its reputation...

justin@justinhamilton.org — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:31:32 -0400

Sunlight is helping to perpetuate the myth that Congressional Democrats are trying to quell free speech and it is a great disservice to the organization.

I never would've though I'd seen the day when the Sunlight Foundation became a de facto propaganda outlet for GOP hacks.

A good analysis of the situation --what dems are doing, how the GOP is manipulating the facts (they seem to have a history of this over the last few years, don't they?), was written by one of this sites editors, Nancy Scola, over at the Huffington Post.

OBAMA STORIES

christine — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:52:02 -0400

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Ralph Nader slams Obama flip-flop flapping

Freedomfighter — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:18:46 -0400

The FISA issue is crippling Obama and now it has reached the Nader campaign.

As soon as Democrats get close to power, they do away with civil liberties or other troublesome issues. It is their preferred tactic, just like the war. Activists say, "Bush lied! Thousands died!", ignoring the Democrats who voted for the war. Was this not the whole purpose of pushing for Obama? For change? To get away from such hypocrisy? So what does Obama do on:

Telecom immunity?

Gun control?

Death penalty?

Campaign finance?

Faith-based funding?

Hypocrisy.

So here is where people are going:
http://www.votenader.org/blog/2008/07/07/what-to-do-now/

Yes we can, yes they can

Micah L. Sifry — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:56:53 -0400

AndyCarvin and sull:
It's Twitter, so anyone can join in. If you want to post a question to the candidates' representatives, you can use the #pdfdebate tag. I'm sure Ana will be looking at what bubbles up. And if one of the third-party candidates wants to chime in with their answers, they can do that too by using the #pdfbeta tag. Who's stopping them? Not us. Just use common sense, folks, and don't spam the participants.
Micah

Why No 3rd Party?

sull — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:53:54 -0400

I am interested to know why this is not extended to Ralph Nader or other 3rd party candidates?

Great idea!

LeighAnn — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:44:57 -0400

I love this idea. I think answers should be limited to 140 characters with no links and no follow-ups. Ha!

Ditto the hope that it'll lead to a candidate twebate.

Looking forward to it ...

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