Obama's campaign released an iPhone application (thanks to an all-volunteer creative base). So how can McCain catch up and prove that his campaign has tech prowess? Release their version of the application on Google's Android platform for the T-Mobile G1.

Today the Obama campaign announced it released the Obama '08 iPhone app, a free application for your iPhone or iPod Touch. The app is pitched as a "a great volunteering tool that lets you make a difference any time you want by talking to people you already know." It's a slick application, but is it useful 33 days from the election?

Update: I received word from the developers that this was an all-volunteer effort, which changes things. Read below.

Now's a good time to ask, what the heck happened with the defeat of the bailout bill on Capitol Hill on Monday?; Debate? What debate? Oh, there's a debate tonight. The Internet has bubbled up some ways to play along with Palin vs. Biden; Wow. The Obama campaign has released a gorgeous new iPhone app; Congress has okayed a bill that requires the government to regularly and accurately assess who in the U.S. has broadband access and who doesn't. If we may humbly advance an opinion: excellent!; and a good deal more. Honest.

Reactions to McCain's speech, Palin's speech spurs major fundraising haul... for Democrats, insightful RNC reporting by Twitter, and John McCain's Green Screen goof,

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.