Here are a couple of great videos/ads coming out in the last few days that I haven’t had time to post on (been moving apartments):
The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand
Troop Funding Ad - Played during the run-up to the “Great Obama Overseas Adventure”
“Pump” Ad - Placing the blame for high gas prices where it belongs - on the shoulders of Democrats who oppose drilling for more oil WHILE also pursuing alternative energy sources.
Came across this site for a Laura Morask a Republican running for a judges seat in Cook County, IL (just south of where I grew up). I like the way she pulls google maps into her site, it caught my eye. More importantly, I think its really important that local races embrace the netroots movement on our side, thats the only way to really build the kind of online activism we need. Here is a site thats didnt cost a lot of money, but they invested time into making the content look and feel good to a variety of users, and they added some nice features tha make it a good user experience. Very cool, good luck Laura!
The internet is starting to buzz with news of Where Is The Red? The Kentucky Enquirer has a story about the WITR crew helping Republican campaigns in the northern part of the state. It includes an interesting quote showing how much the campaigns appreciate the help:
“We were excited by the opportunity to show this group of college Republicans around the 4th district and to have them volunteer their time by knocking doors and attending several county fairs in the area,” said Davis spokesman Jeremy Hughest. “As always, Congressman Davis is committed to running a grassroots campaign and we are happy to have these college students be a part of it.”
Where Is The Red was also featured on “Citizen Tube”—YouTube’s politics blog. Check it out here.
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Over at OpenLeft.com, we see Matt Stoller (icon of the liberal netroots) is depressed about Barack Obama. He’s depressed because Barack Obama’s lead is slipping. He’s depressed because Barack Obama has recently soldout on a whole host of issues to pander to the political center. And he’s depressed because he seems to be realizing (like many other formerly enthusiastic supporters) that Barack Obama is just another typical politician.
My favorite lines:
Don’t expect great things from Obama. Don’t expect anything, really, except blame when he screws up. It’s our fault, since we didn’t clap hard enough.
Still, there’s the Supreme Court, so I’ll probably end up giving and volunteering at some point later. Not now, though, I don’t like being lectured by Ivy League wankers who tell me it’s my fault when Obama lies to me. That’ll have to blow over.
Ah, I love the Looney Left. Apparently, they don’t seem to love Barack Obama as much as they used to.
H/T @PatrickRuffini
Whereisthered.com is getting more and more attention everyday! Today, they were the featured channel on YouTube. The link might not show that after today, so I have pasted a screenshot below:
Rumor has it Obama’s campaign is in talks to sponsor a car at this years Pocono race. Two things bug me: first I have a very hard time believing Obama has ever watched a NASCAR race (after all I don’t think they serve his brand of Pinot at too many tracks these days). Secondly, didn’t he just call these same people “bitter” just a few months back to all his elitist friends? Does he really think he can buy off working class america with a logo splashed across the Sprint car? I think the Obama team is spinning there wheels on this one (bad pun intended).
First, everyone should stop reading right now and go over to the whereisthered.com website and sign up for updates. They (Christie, Kerry, Jeremy, and Chris) are doing an amazing job so far, and we are all really looking forward to their adventures in Ohio this week!
Also available is their Flickr Feed which everyone should check out as well for some really cool pictures. Here’s a sample:
As I’m sure many of you have heard, the Democrats in Congress are trying to shutdown the ability for Members of Congress to blog, post YouTube videos, and even Twitter. This is totally insane! The wonders of the Internet have begun to open up government in ways many people never expected, and now the Democrats are trying to stifle this openness and transparency with their new rules.
Well, we can fight back! Stand up with Republicans in Congress and sign the petition to tell the Democrats “No!” (like a dog about do it’s business on the carpet) by clicking on the widget below:
Take a look. Together with the RNC, McCain’s campaign looks to be in an excellent financial position when compared to the Obama campaign and the DNC.