Brian Kirwin of Bearing Drift recently wrote a blog post entitled, “Fees aren’t taxes.”  The post took an aggressive stance on taxes but I don’t want to talk about topic but rather the way Kirwin has dealt with the criticism.
One of the great parts of the blogging is the comment section.  I love seeing comments [...]

I seem to be agreeing with Wesley Donehue a lot lately. His latest post “Claire McCaskill’s Twitter Arrogance” addresses an issue I was considering writing about. The optimal Twitter followers/following ratio is a topic that many have weighed in on. Some say that your followers should always be 5% more than those [...]

Now that the Internet and social media are an important aspects people’s lives, it was only a matter of time before opposition research took to the Internet.  However, opposition research doesn’t stop with the candidate, it is also applies to their staff.  If you are employed by or directly connected to a campaign everything you [...]

Great editorial article from Washington Examiner.  The article highlights Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick’s (D-AZ) bill that would cut Congress’s salary by 5%.  While this bill would show the American people that Congressmen are serious about fiscal responsibility in these hard economic times, I have a hard time believing it will pass because it directly influences their [...]

Frank Reed poses this question and I think that it is pretty clear that politicians, especially candidates, must be on Twitter.  Reed explains that while Twitter may be a good communication tool, it may also be too easy for politicians to say something damaging.  However, this is a problem that can be applied to almost [...]

This is an interesting and innovative way to do opposition research.  Level The Playing Field 2010 has started wikimeg.com to help dig up dirt on California Republican Meg Whitman.  Wikimeg.com will act as a central location for users to submit their information about Whitman.  Opposition research has largely been a covert operation, done behind closed [...]

This is not a new thing for the White House and its press corp.  They have been using Twitter to spread the President Obama’s message since he took office.  However, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has just begun tweeting – joining in early February.  This administration has embraced social media and the Internet as a major [...]

Washington Examiner Op-Ed contributor and author of The Websters’ Dictionary, Ralph Benko, appeared on CSPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss the intersection of politics and online activism.  On the left, Benko gave high marks to MoveOn.org for its use of the web. On the right, Benko thinks that Americans For Prosperity and TeamSarah.org have demonstrated excellent [...]

Our friends at Bearing Drift — the Commonwealth’s top source for conservative news and information — is in the process of launching a political magazine to complement its online coverage.  The publication will begin in e-newsletter format, and the first issue will be released later this month.
Read more from J.R. Hoeft at Bearing Drift

Transferring money is now possible on Facebook.  London-based ClickandBuy has created the Facebook application Buxter, which allows users to exchange money up to $68.  While Buxter probably won’t be a tool used by campaigns to raise money on Facebook, it is a sign that Facebook will eventually become a medium through which campaigns can directly [...]