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NotPatty - Chris Widener - Online Political Communications

The 2010 US Senate race is heating up. I came across an excellent Internet campaign by Chris Widener (R) against Patty Murray  (D) for the Senate seat of Washington State. The campaign is called NotPatty.com a website that lists and asks a series of questions, and answers all of them with "Not Patty". You can also connect with NotPatty on facebook and twitter . A Great idea to launch not only a personal campaign website, but also an attack website that goes after the opponent on the issues. Both of the candidates have presence in facebook, with Chris having a few hundred more fans; but are they both on twitter? NotPatty! For some reason she is not active in tweeting, and it will be really awkward starting now, since she will not be able to catch up to over 9,000 followers that Chris has. May I also say here that her presence on YouTube and Flickr is very experimental and amateur, something that is not wise while trying to run a serious online political campaign. Will def...

Healthcare, twitter and multimedia

The above photo is one from a series of photos posted recently by the official White House twitter account on Twitpic . As you can see, it is a shaky picture, with the finger of the White House new media staffer showing on the left part of the photo.  There are some really interesting comments below the photos: is this the best picture our tax money can buy? The staff of the most powerful man in the world should really get a decent camera. its awesome some1s doin this who cares if its from a cell phone? keep doin what ur doin we love the pics!! I cant believe it! The @whithouse is tweeting photos! Great! Greetings from Germany Kidding aside, I do believe that whoever is responsible for the whitehouse twitter account needs to be more careful in uploading proper quality photos, and photos that do not show the fingers of the person taking them. Really amateur multimedia uploads from the White House media team; something that can be excused in a low budget election campaign, but not...

Shop for change in the UK general election

The UK General election is due to take place on or before the 3rd of June 2010. The above banner is from the Conservative party's online shop , but I believe it makes a valid point. Both David Cameron , and Gordon Brown are embracing and using the word " Change " in their respective campaigns. The Conservatives say " Vote for Change " and New Labour " Be The Change ". The Labour party has a great project called Change We See , you can also connect on facebook and  flickr ; calling on people to send photos of actual change the government of New Labour has achieved. It's obvious that both campaigns want voters to shop for change. I do believe that the change motto is very powerful but needs to be targeted. A new study, by the Scientists in Government Project , suggests little change under the Obama administration. In is clear that expectations about the so called change in American politics have exceeded the capacity of the US government. Very i...