I probably should have known better, but in devoting 750 words to an op-ed in the Boston Globe about the special election in Somerville, Medford, Winchester, and Woburn, I managed tomake a few sins of omission. The primary things that were left on the cutting room floor, but should not have been, are twofold: * … Read more
Electoral-Vote this morning (10:00 a.m. EST) shows a dead heat: 264 Bush, 264 Kerry. Unbelievable. (Via im from Nick Caramello). (Update: it changed during the day, swinging toward Bush.) And it appears that Electoral-Vote got their fifth back-up. Thanks to whichever good soul made that possible!
The quite wonderful, fully addictive Electoral-Vote.com is seeking further backups, and thinking through their RSS strategy as well. Seems they’ve been victims of attacks (why?). Read to the bottom of the page: “Finally, there was another attack Friday, but we seem to have done better this time. As a precaution against future attacks, I … Read more
The Berkman Center is hosting a conference in December to consider, from a skeptical viewpoint, the impact of the Internet on politics. We’ve been down the road before of thinking that the Internet changes everything. That plainly wasn’t true with respect to commerce, nor is it true here with respect to politics. But internet … Read more
“Waging political activism” at BlogPac (via Ory Okolloh). An example to consider for our Internet & Society conference on politics this December.