This is Our Generation

When Newsweek came in the mail this week, I was suprised to see the cover story.  It looked like a birthday party and said “1968: The Year That Made Us Who We Are.”  I looked at it a few days, wondering what was so special about 1968.  It was 39 years ago, and since it’s [...]

Truthiness and Justice for All

Not long ago, comedian Stephen Colbert announced he was running for president.  He said he was running on the Democratic and Republican ticket in South Carolina so he could lose twice.  After Colbert announced he was running, he started campaigning and soon had many supporters.  Now, I’m not sure if they were real supporters or [...]

Redstate.com: The banning of Ron Paul

Who is this Ron Paul guy anyway?
Ron Paul is a Congressman from Texas (originally from Pittsburgh, Penn.) seeking the Republican nomination for the 2008 election.
Until recently, when someone said “Ron Paul, ” people did not think of a potential presidential candidate.  Most people in Ohio didn’t even know who the man was.  That’s all changed now.
Most [...]

George Bush has started blogging.

OK, so maybe George W. himself isn’t blogging, but Bush officials have entered the blogosphere. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt and Michael Chertoff at the Department of Homeland Security are the first two of the Bush Administration to maintain blogs.
Leavitt’s blog began in August and has a variety of topics. In recent posts, he [...]

You’re One-Stop Shop of the 2008 Election

If you’re like me, you probably don’t even know where to begin when it comes to supporting  a presidential candidate.  Wouldn’t it be nice if there was one place you could go to get all the information you need?  Where you could compare fundraising efforts or see where each of them stand on important issus?
Well, [...]

Conversational Campaigning

There are more than 200 videos posted on YouTube by user JohnEdwards.  If you take a look at his profile, it says he is a democrat from North Carolina who enjoys basketball, running, reading and writing.  He also enjoys listening to Bruce Springsteen and has been a YouTube user since March 23, 2006.  And, oh yeah, [...]

Who looks at this stuff anyway?

I spent last weekend in Cincinnati visiting my sister and brother-in-law. And of course I started talking to them about social media and Web 2.0 and how it is impacting the 2008 election. My brother-in-law told me it wasn’t because no one looks at it. “How is social media going to affect me [...]

Gathering to discuss politics, one discussion group at a time.

I spend a lot of my free time googling anything and everything that comes to mind. Usually it has some sort of relevance to stuff going on in the world, and is usually in some way related to politics. What can I say, I’m a political science geek.
I recently stumbled upon the social networking site [...]