Obama and the Internet/bloggers

October 08, 2008

IReporters: Obama Won 2nd Debate

Key quote: "Fifty-four percent of respondents said Obama performed better in the debate, while 30 percent said McCain fared better."

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October 07, 2008

"The One" video

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Targeting the Grandma vote

Key quote: "...she urges young Jews to encourage any grandparents who live in Florida to vote for Mr. Obama and to withhold visits to their bubbes (grandmas) and zaides (grandpas) if they don’t comply."

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Obama's team creating videos/"ads" for the internet

Key quote: "...Mr. Obama's campaign launched a 13-minute Web video outlining Mr. McCain's ties to Charles Keating, a banker eventually sent to prison for his role in a savings-and-loan scandal in the 1980s and early 1990s. Within eight hours, a half-million people had viewed the preview..."

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October 05, 2008

Obama's lead in cyberspace

Key quote: "If the US presidential election was being held in cyberspace, Barack Obama would win in a landslide."

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October 04, 2008

A high tech leader who is backing Obama

Key quote: "He's an official technology surrogate for the Democratic presidential candidate, which means he can speak on behalf of the campaign about technology policy."

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October 02, 2008

Obama iphone application

Key quote: "McCain may have invented the Blackberry, but today, Obama owns the iPhone, say Portland’s Rick Turoczy who runs Portland’ must read blog, Silicon Florest, a TechCrunch-like website that chronicles the Portland tech scene."

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Children singing praise to Obama

Key quote: "To me it is scary seeing young children praising a political leader in a seemingly professionally choreographed setting."

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September 29, 2008

A "cyber-soup" is driving some perceptions of this campaign

Key quote: "Eric Burns, president of the Web site Media Matters for America, says that "the Internet has leveled the playing field - viral media can have a tremendous impact, not just on political figures, but on the mainstream press as well."

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Heavier use of the internet by Obama supporters

Key quote: "Web sites backing Barack Obama--including his own campaign sites--are generating five times more traffic than those supporting John McCain, according to a new study."

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