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Key events through Campaign 2008

Created by laistirland on Jun 17, 2008

Last updated: 03/11/10 at 01:32 AM

• Obama Girl: Yes We Did
  Nov 4, 2008

  Obama Girl Celebrates Her Man's Victory With New Yorkers in Times Square

• A Night To Remember, By Jed Lewison
  Nov 4, 2008

  Highlights of Election Night, by Jed Lewison

• Video Your Vote
  Nov 4, 2008

  YouTube and PBS team up to solicit voters' videos of their voting experiences.
  http://www.videoyourvote.com

• A Wink, a Nod, and a Stolen Line
  Oct 7, 2008

  Jed asserts that Sarah Palin steals a line from Hillary Clinton.

• Barack Obama's Campaign Records Two Million Donors
  Aug 15, 2008

• McCain Releases Tech Policy
  Aug 14, 2008

  
  http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/cbcd3a48-4b0e-4864-8be1-d04561c132ea.htm

• Gays For Giuliani
  Aug 10, 2008

  gaysforgiuliani.com release a tongue-in-cheek YouTube video that applauds his support for gay rights and civil unions.

• McCain Campaign Releases "Celeb"
  Jul 30, 2008

  McCain campaign releases a web ad comparing Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton -- all flash and no substance. This is one of the most sensational videos of the campaign.

• John McCain Creates John McCain Nation
  Jul 24, 2008 2 PM

  
  http://www.johnmccain.com/mccainnation/

• Barack Obama Speaks to 200,000 in Berlin
  Jul 24, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/an-obama-panora.html

• McCain Campaign Releases "Obama Love" Web Video
  Jul 22, 2008

  Probably the McCain campaign's best web ad.
  http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cee_1216765341

• Tim Russert Dies
  Jun 13, 2008

• Wired.com: In Appeal to Angry Clinton Voters, RNC registers ClintonsforMcCain.com
  Jun 5, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/republican-nati.html

• Wired.com: Angry Clinton Supporters Start Rallying for McCain Online
  Jun 4, 2008

  They're mad as hell, and Hillary Clinton's supporters aren't going to take it anymore. Some Clintonites are so mad about Barack Obama's Tuesday victory that they've launched a web site to build support to launch a lobbying group to support Republican John McCain.
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/angry-clinton-s.html

• Wired.com: Obama, Propelled by the Net, Wins Democratic Nomination
  Jun 3, 2008

  Post-mortem of how he got here, using the Net.
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/obama-propelled.html

• Democratic National Committee Meets To Determine How To Seat Fla. & Michigan Delegates
  May 31, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/fear-loathing-a.html

• Wired.com: Democrats' FlipperTV Fuels Anti-McCain Mash-Ups Online
  May 30, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/dncs-flippertv.html

• Bill Clinton Blames MoveOn.org For Hillary's Defeat
  May 30, 2008

• Wired.com: John McCain Denounces Pastor After Blogger Digs Up Incendiary Audio
  May 22, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/john-mccain-den.html

• Barack Obama Opts Out of Public Financing
  May 19, 2008

  TechPresident's Micah Sifry has an interesting analysis
  http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/26544/obama_drops_out_of_public_financing_announces_by_email_youtube

• Politico's James Kotecki Promises To Douse Himself In Grape Jello On The National Mall While Sing...
  May 12, 2008

  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT_N0SRZSdU

• On Twitter, Election Watchers Turn Web Into Real-Time Political Watercooler Network
  May 6, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/political-junki.html

• Schism Grows Between Obama and Liberal Bloggers
  Apr 28, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/obama-distanc-1.html

• MoveOn.org Asks McCain To Drop Pastor Who Blamed Victims For Katrina
  Apr 24, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/moveonorg-asks.html

• Clinton Campaign Makes History With $10 million Online Fundraising Haul Post Pennsylvania Victory
  Apr 24, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/clinton-campaig.html

• Pennsylvania Election Results, Mapped Alongside Voters' Race, Age and Religion
  Apr 22, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/google-and-nati.html

• MoveOn.org Unleashes Voter-Created Pro-Obama Videos on Eve of Pennsylvania Primary
  Apr 21, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/moveonorg-unlea.html

• Obama v Clinton on Bitterness
  Apr 12, 2008

  A video montage by Jed Lewison comparing Clinton and Obama's comments on the economic woes facing Americans. It's amazing to see how the Obama campaign managed to change these potentially clinging stereotypical images that his opponents tried to pin on him in key battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio.

• Propaganda War To Shape Perceptions of Obama Rages Online
  Mar 18, 2008

  Discussion about Obama's speech on race in America. Amazingly, 14 of the 20 top viral videos on the Viral Video Chart tracking service are about Obama.
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/viral-video-pro.html

• Guerrilla Filmmaking Group Fights Anti-Obama Virus
  Mar 14, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/guerrilla-filmm.html

• Superdelegates Under The Spotlight
  Feb 16, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/superdelegates.html

• Ron Paul Vows To Fight On, Calls for March on Washington
  Feb 12, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/texas-congressm.html

• Mitt Romney Drops Out Of The Presidential Race
  Feb 7, 2008

  Post-mortem on how Romney ran his online campaign.
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/mitt-romney-dro.html

• Hillary Clinton Wins Youth Vote In California
  Feb 6, 2008

  Mark Nickolas notes in Political Base that Clinton won the youth vote in California.
  http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nickolas/blog/&blogId=1188

• Obama Campaign Raises More Than $6 million Post Super Tuesday
  Feb 6, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/obama-campaign.html

• Wired.com: Hillary Takes California
  Feb 4, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/hillary-clinton.html#previouspost

• Romney Gets Dinged Over Bling Bling
  Jan 24, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/romney-gets-din.html

• Clinton-Obama Mudslinging During South Carolina Debate Plays Out Online
  Jan 22, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/clinton-obama-m.html

• Romney Wins Michigan Primary
  Jan 16, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/michigan-primar.html

• Political Guerrilla Warfare Rages Online Over Mike Huckabee's Conservative Credentials
  Jan 15, 2008

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/political-guerr.html

• Vote For Mitt Humor Video Hot on the Net, But Doesn't Inspire People To Flock To the Polls
  Jan 15, 2008

  A viral video parodies Mitt Romney
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/political-guerr.html

• Huckabee Campaign Responds to Victims Voice Video
  Jan 11, 2008

  Interesting discussion about how Huckabee campaign used Digg buttons to make its response to a viral YouTube attack ad go viral itself.
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/huckabee-campai.html

• Why Call Yourself When You Can Initiate A Robocall?
  Jan 3, 2008

  Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's Republican presidential campaign has has shown throughout 2007 that it's adept at adopting pop-cultural consumer product marketing strategies. Romney_2 The campaign's latest tech marketing ploy is to have supporters personalize fund-raising robocalls using Romney's voice. It's using a product from a company in Chicago called "Varitalk."
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/why-call-yourse.html

• Attack on Huckabee Moves From YouTube to Boob Tube
  Jan 1, 2008

  
  http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2008/01/huckabee_ad

• When Domain Names Attack
  Dec 21, 2007

  Both Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who are deadlocked in polls of Iowa voters, are engaging in domain-name mudslinging with the registration of phrases to characterize their opponents.
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/how-the-republi.html

• John Edwards' Campaign Releases Caucusing Tutorial Video
  Dec 19, 2007

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/12/edwards-campaig.html

• Controversy Over Huckabee's YouTube Christmas Video
  Dec 19, 2007

• YouTube Users Asked To Cover Iowa Caucuses
  Dec 19, 2007

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/12/youtube-users-a.html

• Hillary Clinton Releases Online Video Testimonials
  Dec 18, 2007

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/12/hillarys-online.html

• Wired.com: Ron Paul Supporters Make History with $6 Million Online Haul -- Updated
  Dec 17, 2007

  
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/12/ron-paul-suppor.html