Sunday Reading

By Henri Makembe on 06.14.09

A new model for political interviews and debatesĀ ā€“ Google discusses for their partnership with local TV station, WJLA, for the debate in the democratic primary in gubernatorial race in VA.Ā  They used the same technology that were used during the CNN/Youtube debate during the presidential primary in 2009.

Fundraising in a RecessionĀ ā€“ Some fundraising tips from Nancy Bocskor, a fundraiser and the founder of the Nancy Bocskor Company,Ā  from aĀ  the panel ā€œFundraising During a Recessionā€ at Art of Political Campaigning conference.

OpenCongress Now Tracking Every Congressional Race NationwideĀ –Ā  ā€œa non-partisan, fully-referenced, open-source and crowd-sourced wiki project ā€” now lists every candidate running in every U.S. Senate, House and governorā€™s race!ā€Ā Ā Ā  I wish they would followed that up with a wiki that tracked state delegate races.Ā  State legislature are just as important as House and Senate (or Iā€™d like to think so).

New Media, New CycleĀ ā€“ Highlights from a Panel featuringĀ Jonathan Karush,Ā Mindy Finn,Ā John RowleyĀ also at the Art of Political Campaigning conferenceĀ  They share some advice advice about websites and new media.

The Ten Best Ideas from BlogPotomacĀ ā€“ I had the chance to attend BlogPotomac last Friday. I was considering recap butĀ Jennifer BerkĀ of Amplify Public Affairs has a great recap with links to several other recaps from attendees.Ā  If you missed BlogPotomac, reading this post will almost as good at the real thing.