Tag: CLINTON

Supreme Court nominees have always been subjected to perhaps the most intense vetting process of any political official. But arguably no other candidate has been under the kind of microscopic scrutiny that Elena Kagan now faces, thanks to an organization that has opened up her inbox for all the world to explore. Created by the watchdog group Sunlight Foundation, 'Elena's Inbox' is an online ...

If you've been getting most of your information this election cycle via the Internet and e-mail, chances are you've come across a series of rumors about the candidates that are just flatly false. The nature of the Web spreads the flames of these lies like the Santa Ana Winds during the dry season. The candidates are fighting back as quickly as possible by using the Web themselves. Obama has a ...

Dirty tricks used to mislead voters and keep them away from the polls, but new Web-centric attempts to disenfranchise voters are stoking fears amongst voters and activists. In the past, political trickery has relied on phone calls, fliers, and direct mailing, which are much easier to track and prosecute than the new wave of political scare tactics. Traditional calls, like the push polls in 2000 ...

An editorial by Paul Saffo at ABC News argues that Obama's victory over Hillary is due to his "cybergenic" nature, and that his advantage and passion of Web-based media will lead him to victory over John McCain in November. According to Saffo, Hillary's campaign was dismissive of the personal nature of the Internet and instead chose to focus on the mass-media of television. Meanwhile, Obama ...

This election cycle is becoming the year politics go super-digital. Take a quick look at any of the candidates' websites -- each one reveals a host of buttons linking to the various candidates' digital outposts on various social Web services. Each site has a blog, a MySpace page, and a YouTube channel. Each one also provides tools to help supporters organize. This is not just the result ...

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, fourteen presidential hopefuls (seven from each side of the aisle) put the politics and posturing aside long enough to let their personalities leak through. Conversation topics ranged from pets and favorite TV shows down to the gadgets and technology each of the wannabe-in-chiefs depends on. Democrat Chris Dodd revealed that he's a nut for the Web ...