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Jay Carney (Barker) Flacks For White House
As part of the Obama Media Machine 2.0, the White House has reinstated its First Questions program (according to techPresident), “during which Press Secretary Jay Carney will answer on [sic] video questions posted on social media.” Representative sample: The … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC News, First Questions, Jay Carney, Media Machine 2.0, Obama administration, TechPresident
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Google: Ron Paul Is Super PACman
GOP Super PACs have spent over $30 million on this year’s presidential primary, most of it on television advertising. But the big spenders on TV aren’t necessarily the biggest players on YouTube. From Google Politics & Elections (via techPresident): Are … Continue reading
Elizabeth Warren Gets Decisive
So Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren (D-I Got Your $336.99 Right Here) has finally decided which charity incumbent Sen. Scott Brown (R-I Got Your $336.99 Right Here) should contribute to for violating their People’s Pledge to keep independent political groups out … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, Elizabeth Warren, People's Pledge, Scott Brown, TechPresident
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Elizabeth Warren Can’t Make Up Her Mind
The hardworking staff noted yesterday that U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Got Any Cash on You?) owed $336.99 to the charity of Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Gotcha!) choice for this violation of their People’s Pledge to keep third-party money out of their electoral … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Outsider Fund, CAPE PAC, Elizabeth Warren, People's Pledge, Scott Brown, TechPresident
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So Is This The “Twitter Election” Or Not?
From our We Don’t Have a Clue desk: Lots of conflicting stories about social media’s influence on the 2012 presidential bakeoff. Consider these headlines collected by the hardworking staff in just in the past week. From Time’s Swampland blog: Campaign … Continue reading
Scott Brown Joins Obama Worldwide Apology Tour
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Totally, Like, YouTubular) has inadvertently attached himself to the GOP-manufactured Bow to Foreign Dictators debate. Via techPresident: Spotted: Scott Brown Ads on YouTube Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has begun advertising his campaign online beyond Massachusetts using the Google ad … Continue reading
Super (Val) PAC: Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide
Third-party political groups are all the rage these days, thanks to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision deregulating corporate election expenditures. Bottom line: Newly constituted Super PACs can collect as much money as they want from whomever they want … Continue reading
WSJ Tracks Super PACs
As the hardworking staff has relentlessly chronicled, Super PACs are driving the GOP presidential primary in a way no one (Paging the Supreme Court . . . paging the totally clueless Supreme Court) could have imagined. But at least someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens United, Super PACs, Supreme Court, TechPresident, Wall Street Journal
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“Nobody Loves [Mitt Romney]” Video Goes Viral?
Mitt Romney (R-Lookin’ for Love in All the Wrong Places) is getting tubed on YouTube, according to techPresident: Mitt Romney is the subject of a viral video called “Nobody Loves Me,” which highlights some of Romney’s more awkward campaign stops and the Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged Mitt Romney, Nobody Loves Me, TechPresident, viral video
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