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Ummm.

David All — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:23:13 -0400

Yes. I know all about it ;)

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A Republican, Social-Networking ActBlue?

Peter Erickson — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:09:55 -0400

Does anyone hear actually have the inside story on this? There's a MyDD diary from azizhp about a new Republican initiative called "Slatecard" to work as a Republican version of ActBlue, only with hipper social networking features and the ability to "tag" candidates and create your own personal slate that can be shared through Facebook apps or widgets:

* Users can contribute donations to candidates that they support, and then "tag" the candidates with issues to help others find the candidate, e.g., "No Amnesty For Illegals" or "Fair Tax"; and

* Build a Slatecard of candidates that support your values which can be shared with your network through email, a website, facebook, or MySpace using Slatecard.com apps and widgets."

The idea is kind of amazing.

lesson's value is not so much for "us," but for the campaigns

iwilker — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:36:06 -0400

The smart campaign will love an opportunity like this, will in fact have trained for it assiduously. "How will we react when someone tosses us a curveball? When we're criticized, or when someone with a cam and a Mac remixes our 'brand' into something far, far away from our intent?"

The electorate knows to pay little or no attention when candidates are able to stick to the script. And they spring to alertness when ever an unexpected, unscripted out-of-left-field moment arises. They want to see the real person; they want to see what happens when a candidate (and a campaign) has to improvise.

Moments like these are a huge chance to be authentic, to show faith that your constituents will also get the difference between authorized and unauthorized views, to show belief that it takes all kinds (within obvious bounds) and that the candidate will take people as they come).

From what I've read about Obama, he's got the chops to handle things like this in perfect key. And if so, the electorate will say, "Ah, Obama-san, your social-media kung fu is very strong."

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