Nothing But Net

在一場名為 Money in Politics 2009: New Horizons for Reform 的研討會，Michael Malbin 發表了一份關於歐巴馬募款的研究報告，
SMALL DONORS, LARGE DONORS AND THE INTERNET:The Case for Public Financing after Obama。有一個有趣的問題是，要仰賴小額募款，需要能見度（捐款人數），但是在選舉初期，這個能見度可能就需要靠少數人的大額捐款來打開市場。所以，這是先有雞、還是先有蛋的問題嗎？

不過他們真正想要做的，其實是選舉制度的改革（公費選舉?）。不只是反貪腐，更要支持正面的力量（在哪啊....@$#%$!&）。

詳見：
techPresident.com - Campaign Finance 2.0: Is the Small Donor 'Revolution' Hype or Reality?

Dr. Michael R. Nelson 講了一則關於 2004 年 Howard Dean 未能通過黨內初選的陰謀論。電視媒體為了不想讓藉由網路競選活動而聲勢浩大的 Howard Dean 當選，故意拿著指向性麥克風對準他，放大他的講話音量，讓他聽起來像個總是用喊的在講話、打字都用大寫的瘋子。

汪萬里老師在 2004 年發表的《網際網路為美國總統選舉帶來新紀元—狄恩選戰的啟示》（93年8月玄奘資訊傳播學報第一期），就寫到：

狄恩在愛阿華首役失利，面對沮喪的支持者，他為了要鼓舞士氣，突然大喊大叫表示要繼續奮鬥，直到奪回白宮為止。他這驚天動地的一叫，經過全國電視一再重播，形象完全破壞。

NII產業發展協進會/數位典藏與學習之學術與社會應用推廣分項計畫，請了歐巴馬的網路科技顧問 Dr. Michael R. Nelson 來演講，THE CROWD AND THE CLOUD: THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON U.S. PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS，非常棒，可惜宣傳不佳，只有少少幾個人在台大國發所小小的教室裡聽到。會後拿到簡報檔，摘錄一些重點：  read more »

是假的？是假的？是假的？？？
snopes.com: President Bush and the Grocery Scanner:

Claim:   During a photo opportunity at a 1988 grocers' convention, President George Bush was "amazed" at encountering supermarket scanners for the first time.
Status: False.

麥坎也是受害者嗎？
An Anti-Bush Sr. Urban Legend Lives On:

Political personality reporter Mark Leibovich, whose informal style often lapses into an urbane snottiness (at least when conservatives are the subject), unearthed an urban legend in his Sunday Week in Review story on John McCain's discomfort with technology, "Hail to the Twitterer."

嗯，因緣際會，近期到 KMT 的青年團與中央工作會議(?)，分享關於網路選舉的一些經驗。所謂取之於XX、用之於社會，跟天壽里里長擬參選人所共同製作、在會議中所展示的簡報，如下：

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2008年_歐巴馬_網路競選策略分析_首次

我不曉得馬政府裡的數千個位子是怎麼分配的，不過，Obama 當選後所推出的 Change.gov 上，則是公開招募有志之士為他工作。

Applicants for any of these non-career positions - whether in the White House or in any Federal Department, Agency or Commission - should use this website, as applying on-line is the fastest and most accurate way to get your information to us.

看起來，他真的會是美國第一個 TechPresident。

Sen. Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech in Chicago, Ill.

OBAMA: And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.

The First Internet Election

The candidates who are successful online are the ones who don't just lead campaigns or political parties -- they lead movements. When they ask people to get involved, they really mean it. Our 2012 candidate has to be comfortable with building a movement. Before a change in strategy can work, our candidates need to change.

The Facebooker Who Friended Obama

“One of my fundamental beliefs from my days as a community organizer is that real change comes from the bottom up,” Mr. Obama said in a statement. “And there’s no more powerful tool for grass-roots organizing than the Internet.”

The ’08 Campaign: Sea Change for Politics as We Know It

“They were Apollo 11, and we were the Wright Brothers,” said Joe Trippi, the manager of Mr. Dean’s campaign.

plus -
Twitter #vote Report

Using Twitter Vote Report, voters will be able to share their experiences and resources with one another (e.g. “#wait:120″ meaning that the wait time is 120 minutes). These messages will then be aggregated and mapped so that we can “see” voting problems around the country in real-time.

看了很想把光劍拿出來...

During the American election Jessica Yellin was recorded as a hologram and beamed into the studio

• Gizmodo - How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works
• Cnet - CNN's human 'hologram' on election night

Hack the Debate...米國版的簡訊跑馬燈～

Current & Twitter have teamed up for the very first time to integrate real-time Twitter messages (aka "tweets") over major portions of a live television broadcast. Hack the Debate by adding your Twitter posts to our live broadcast of the 2008 Presidential Debates. We will broadcast as many of your debate tweets as possible right over the candidates, in real time, on our live broadcast.

不只是看熱鬧而已！

Peter Daou: On November Fourth, the Netroots Should Be More Than an Afterthought

In the final days of the campaign, the netroots, whose ranks (and influence) have swelled since 2004, will redouble their efforts, working around the clock to elect Obama and expand the Democratic majority in Congress.

They will attack McCain and Palin, fact-check the press and help lift Democrats to victory in races across the country. In their role as a central conduit of political information and opinion, they will calibrate, amplify, and disseminate the messages and themes that shape people's beliefs and bolster their convictions, providing the impetus for organizing, fundraising and GOTV. They will serve as the media's validator of first and last resort, confirming or denying traction on a daily flood of stories.