Topic: John Edwards (Politician)

CNN/YouTube Debate: New Format, Same Show

Although there is a poignancy of hearing from real people -- for example, the mother of a deployed Iraq servicemember, the crowd agrees that there is little different about this format that moves the ball forward in terms of debate ...READ»

Fast Talk: John Edwards's Web General

Mathew Gross Senior Adviser for Online Communications, John Edwards Campaign Greensboro, North Carolina Mathew Gross, 35, created Blog for America for Howard Dean in 2003 and is now in charge of integrating John Edwards's ...READ»

Poor People, Presidential Candidates, and Wal-Mart

In the tiny town of Marks, Mississippi, they filled the potholes on Cotton Street just before presidential candidate John Edwards showed up this week to talk about poverty in one of the poorest communities in America. That detail was ...READ»

Paint the House Green

Three ways a presidential candidate can use dollars and cents to win the climate issue.READ»

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CNN/YouTube Debate: Climate Change

A global warming question was asked by a YouTube snowman character that sounded an awful lot like Mr. Bill. Gravel makes his case for a "fair tax" -- a retail sales tax which would encourage an overconsuming nation to stop ...READ»

The Leading Edge - Why I switched to Hillary Clinton

I ran into Chelsea Clinton today (1/12) at the Farmer’s Market at Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade. In a sweet, sincere voice she said, “I hope you’ll support my mom.” I had been undecided between her mom, Barack ...READ»

Social Media and Authenticity

I was listening to a radio segment on the subject of Twitter and one of the guests on the show mentioned receiving a Tweet from John Edwards at the exact second he was standing at a podium delivering a speech. Needless to say, that ...READ»

Elizabeth and John Edwards on Politics Meets Web 2.0

On Monday, I attended Personal Democracy Forum 2008 to moderate a panel, "Data Geeks Unite!"   "Four experts in web services and data aggregation will showcase their offerings, ranging from sophisticated ...READ»

Fast Talk: Leading Through Limbo

It's a leader's toughest test: urging people forward when their future is in doubt. Here, five leaders talk about trusting your instincts, keeping people informed, and finding strength in your darkest hours.READ»

Stars, Stripes, and Social Media

What you can learn from the presidential candidates and their Web strategies.READ»

The Charisma Myth

Now that some of the 2008 presidential candidates are out of the gate, it's been fun to see who is being labeled with that mysterious quality, charisma. Of course, we can't seem to hear Barack Obama's name mentioned without it being ...READ»

Ron Paul: The Internet Candidate

As any presidential candidate will (or should) tell you, the Internet has become a major part of any campaign, and, like everything else on the net, is rapidly evolving not only as strategists become savvier about using the Web, but ...READ»

Work/Life: Why I've Decided to Run For President

CEO DAD’S TUESDAY TIRADE…. For many years, I have stayed out of the political arena. While anyone in modern American business has had to encounter the politics of the workplace, which undoubtedly mirror the frustrating set of ...READ»

Joe Trippi's Killer App

Howard Dean's campaign manager has used the Internet to turn an obscure ex-governor into a real presidential contender. It's anything but politics as usual. Will it work?READ»

Fast Talk: The Democrats’ ATM

Matt Debergalis CoFounder, ActBlue Cambridge, Massachusetts Matt DeBergalis, 29, created ActBlue to be the "PayPal of political giving" in which anyone can become a Democratic fund-raiser by creating an online page and tapping ...READ»

The Agenda - Fast Change

Tivoli Systems Inc., a fast-growing outfit that was acquired by IBM, is teaching Big Blue how to move.READ»

Joe Trippi Stays in the Picture

The last time we saw Joe Trippi, Howard Dean's former Internet guru and campaign manager, he was disheveled and sleep-deprived, hunched over a laptop behind a messy desk at the Dean for America headquarters in Burlington, Vermont. ...READ»

CNN/YouTube Debate: First "Third Person" Violation of the Night

Joe Biden, in a question about bi-partisan along-getting and theoretical Republican running mates, chooses Chuck Hagel as his symbolic Republican VP. He then reminds us in the ill-advised third person that Joe Biden was responsible ...READ»

Barack Obama: Can he Unite the World?

Super-delegate's: Why Barack Obama? I am originally from Buffalo, NY, however as a result of losing my mother at the age of 13 years old I relocated to North Carolina where I lived with my grandmother before going to college.  ...READ»

What Are you Doing?

What are you doing? This is the opening dialogue box I am greeted with when logging into the Twitter. The question is precisely the best way to describe the service. It is a messaging tool and community that connects you to your ...READ»

Twitter “Intelligence”? – The New BI Tool?

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on how Twitter was my new business secret weapon. After discussion that post with several other people and reading some other commentary from fellow blogger's (see Between The Lines- ZDNet 6.24.08) I ...READ»