Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:04:12 -0400 http://www.bligoo.com/ es Going on Hiatus for Obama New Media http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/225536/Going_on_Hiatus_for_Obama_New_Media.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:11:58 -0400 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/225536/Going_on_Hiatus_for_Obama_New_Media.html Mary believe_preview-gray.jpg

I will not be writing on this blog for a while. The reason is that I have accepted the position of New Media Operations Manager at Obama for America. In this position I will be assisting the Director and Deputy Director of New Media with project management and doing logistics work for the department.

Part of the hiring agreement was that I not maintain a personal blog while I am working at the campaign (not that I will have any time to blog anyway). So, happy Independence Day and see you on November 5th. In the mean

(Read more)]]> Nueva Palabra: Obamónos http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/170029/Nueva_Palabra_Obamonos.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:37:34 -0400 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/170029/Nueva_Palabra_Obamonos.html Mary Encontré una nueva palabra: ¡Obamónos!

¡Vamonos a apoyar a Barack Obama!

]]> Barack Brushes It Off http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/168525/Barack_Brushes_It_Off.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:12:01 -0400 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/168525/Barack_Brushes_It_Off.html Mary ]]> Young Political Junkies Are the New Filter http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/150440/Young_Political_Junkies_Are_the_New_Filter.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:23:25 -0400 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/150440/Young_Political_Junkies_Are_the_New_Filter.html Mary

Interesting insight from the New York Times on how young voters are active disseminators of political news, not just passive consumers of it:

    According to interviews and recent surveys, younger voters tend to be not just consumers of news and current events but conduits as well — sending out e-mailed links and videos to friends and their social networks. And in turn, they rely on friends and online connections for news to come to them. In essence, they are replacing the professional filter — reading The Washington Post, clicking on CNN.com — with a social one. Read more....

     

photo credit: (Read more)]]> What Happened in Texas? http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/138766/What_Happened_in_Texas.html Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:55:02 -0300 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/138766/What_Happened_in_Texas.html Mary

I'm really upset about what happened in Texas and I keep asking myself why.  I've been looking for explanations of how Hillary won and I've found a good analysis from the Dallas Morning News.  It constrasts Hillary's top-down strategy, which rested on old political connections to the political elite, to Obama's grassroots organizing strategy.

    AUSTIN – The Democratic presidential candidates are similar on most policy issues but could not have been more different when it came to courting voters.

    A year ago, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had a deep cache of allies in political officialdom to pave the way,

(Read more)]]> 1 Million Micro-Donations for Obama http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/135975/1_Million_Micro_Donations_for_Obama.html Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:27:00 -0300 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/135975/1_Million_Micro_Donations_for_Obama.html Mary So Larry Lessig has decided not to run for Congress.  Now all of us socially-progressive geeks can put our full energy into Barack Obama. 

 

Obama has done a great job of drawing his financial support many micro-donations collected online rather than relying on a few welathy donors as Hillary has.  This new and more distributed model of fundraising was first successfully applied by the Howard Dean campaign in 2004 and has big implications.  Ideally, collecting money from thousands of ordinary Americans instrad of a few rich people means that the candidate becomes accountable to the broad public, not a

(Read more)]]> Why I Support Barack Obama http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/131746/Why_I_Support_Barack_Obama.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:04:47 -0400 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/131746/Why_I_Support_Barack_Obama.html Mary I first became interested in politics through a civics class in my New Jersey high school. I learned that there are institutions in America that allow ordinary citizens to have a say in the direction of their country, fighting injustice, and having a positive presence in the world.

I volunteered for my first Democratic presidential campaign when I was a senior in high school. While my candidate, Bill Bradley, didn't win the nomination, I loved working for his campaign. I felt that I was part of a movement greater than myself, surrounded by idealists who wanted to make America a

(Read more)]]> Show Your Love for Barack http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/131255/Show_Your_Love_for_Barack.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:58:04 -0300 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/131255/Show_Your_Love_for_Barack.html Mary barack_obama_valentine.jpg

 

Show your love for Barack this Valentine's Day. Post this on your blog and send it to your friends.

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<a href="http://www.barackobama.com/"><img style="width: 455px; height: 585px;" src=""http://bligoo.com/media/users/0/908/images/barack_obama_valentine.jpg" /></a>"

 

 


]]> Obama Wins! http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/113407/Obama_Wins.html Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:37:00 -0300 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/113407/Obama_Wins.html Mary Obama's 8-point win in Iowa has made me excited and optimistic about US politics for the first time in a long time.

 

photo credit: AP 

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