The Politico reports on the formation of a new progressive coalition to help pass President Obama’s budget. The group’s website (screen capture here) uses a theme created by Russianwebstudio.com, a company, according to its website, based in Ulyanvsko, Russia, a city on the Volga River.
Day: March 31, 2009
Social Media and Political Campaigns
Mark Drapeau wrote this interesting post about new media and political campaigns. His conclusion: Candidates need platforms, personalities, financing, timing, and luck to pull off a successful run. In the end, a campaign is a campaign, and new media tools are just that – tools. They can in principle helpful for executing a campaign against […]
Supremes Deny Cert in Anti-Spam Case
The Post reports that the Supreme Court denied cert in a case (Virginia v. Jaynes) involving Virginia’s anti-spam law. I wrote about the case in September 2008 here because the case involved freedom of speech and might provide a limited context for courts’ consideration of laws purporting to regulate political calls (robocalls or calls made through […]