Post Archive

2009

2 words: Campaign reunions. Christina Bellantoni: Rubbing It In? OFA’s Obama Feed Tweets About Election ’08

Randy Barrett: Jankowsky: Obama’s Double Standard The Obama administration is talking out of both sides of its mouth regarding special interests, writes longtime D.C. lobbyist Joel Jankowsky in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece Tuesday.

Daniel Carty (CBS): Michael Steele: GOP Has “Found Its Voice Again” “Now the bottom line is this, the drama of 23 was nice and cute and fun, [and] everybody made fun about how the party’s all fractured. The reality is now that we have a chance to get the seat …

What’s past is prologue. This is a recycled post from June 3, 2008 from a FamousDC contributor (and Obama supporter) that might be worth reading tonight for Republicans from red Virginia. 5 Rules of Engagement for Tonight (Must Read for Obama supporters)

UPDATE: Defeat is an orphan.  [blame game begins now] Who gets to claim the most credit if Doug Hoffman wins in NY-23? Fred Thompson Sarah Palin Glenn Beck Erick Erickson The voters Twitter Al Sharpton His campaign staff Verne Troyer Sean Hannity His favorite bank teller Conservative bloggers Dede Scozzafava …

From page 61 of "The Audacity To Win": "In what appeared to be an approximation of exercise, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico was shuffling -and that may be too kind of a word-along the motel sidewalk in a velour sweat suit…" We aren’t very good at research here at …

AdAge recently posted about the "top ten things social media can’t do."  Below are a few of their highlights, followed by our commentary. Substitute for marketing strategy Translation: Facebook is no longer a bullet point on that really awesome proposal you’re putting together – but shhh, don’t the "new media" …

CapitalGig gives everyone a little White House 2.0 history lesson. [Almacy] Sneak peak: This is what WhiteHouse.gov used to look like. It ain’t pretty, but it beats the hell out of this. PIC –> http://clinton1.nara.gov/ (White House circa 1995)

Painted [staircase] Port [Asheville] Cry [freedom] Fifa [fall]

It’s Election Day.  We figured we’d hear something about it via Facebook and Twitter, but it’s been fairly quiet.   [Who knew?]

Facebook status abuse: Nobody works harder than i do. 2 to 1 odds that this person is a blogger. PS: The fact that you took time out of your day to tell us how hard you work, leads us to believe that you are indeed a very hard-working person. Do …

Republican political strategist Karen Hanretty used some choice words recently when describing how the grassroots movement is feeling about the current political establishment:  [Up Yours!] The grassroots are going their own way, and I for one think that’s a positive development. When conservatives go along to get along, as we …

Then you should check out WhyYouCare.com Why You Care… In order to understand how the tug of war over money, power and land between Capitol Hill and Wall Street impacts your life you MUST understand the business pages. But, sometimes trying feels like you need a decoder ring. That’s where …