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Political Cartoonist Cagle Offers Embed Code for Blogs

I read on my Twitter feed that Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle is offering an embed code now for bloggers to post his cartoons. Sadly for our readers the code won’t work here because the cartoons cannot be resized and they are too big for our post column. You can check out the latest from Cagle [...]

Stephanopoulos and McCaskill Twitter

Twitter has been getting quite a bit of hype in the media lately. It’s been embraced by journalists, bloggers and politicians as a short and sweet way to communicate. Today, Glenn Thrush writes on Politico:
George Stephanopoulos is grilling Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in a language she can understand — Tweet.
GS: @clairecmc Hey Senator, George [...]

Celebrating Blogroll Amnesty Day

Today is a very important day in the blogosphere… It’s the day that bloggers “salute all of the great smaller blogs that don’t get the recognition they deserve.”
In the spirit of Blogroll Amnesty Day I spent sometime this morning perusing the internet[s] to bring our readers some links to smaller blogs that I enjoy reading [...]

New Communication Tools-Let’s Use Them

I have resisted getting involved in the social networking field until now. Now I  have a Facebook page and a Twitter account. I’ve found both useful and I am actively gathering friends and followers.
So if you want to see a very interesting Facebook page with a lot of content and sign up for my Twitter [...]

The Political Internet Comes Of Age

This is short and to the point. I hope you take the time to follow through on the links. Barack Obama’s campaign, powered by organization and eloquence, created an entity that has never existed before and will be the yardstick for many in the future. h/t to Political Wire.

Obama Raised More than $500 Million Online
Barack [...]

The Most Inspiring Speech: Was It Only 6 Days Ago? A Personal Perspective

In Grant Park Barack Obama gave hope back to millions of people around the world. Grant Park had been the scene of some of the worst of America and that night it was resoundingly the site of some of the best of America.
Listen again and tell me it isn’t uplifting, rewarding, hopeful and inclusive. When [...]

The Lies and Distortions By McCain Of His Career and Life (video)

Rolling Stone has published a cover story on John McCain that has the most damning, well documented biography of his life I’ve seen. I thought I knew the deceptions of John McCain. I didn’t know one-tenth of the real story. I won’t try to summarize this lengthy article. There is simply too much data, too [...]

Republicans Disgusted By RNC Spending At Neiman For Palin

Marc Ambiner, for the Atlantic Magazine writes, “Republicans, RNC donors and at least one RNC staff member have e-mailed me tonight to share their utter  (and not-for-attribution) disgust at the expenditures.”
The McCain campaign had previously responded, ” It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign.”-McCain-Palin spokesperson Tracey [...]

International Medical Corps Wins $100K in Amex Member Project

International Medical Corps won $100,00, with our help, that will assist them in continuing child hunger relief projects around the world. Over 14,000 individual American Express cardholders voted for IMC. Thousands of  emails were sent to create a viral impact and 200 blogs, including The Democratic Daily’s article, pitched in to help spread the message.  [...]

Late Night: Kennedy plans to address DNC

It’s been a while since I did a late night thread… so here goes…
John Daniello, the chairman of the Delaware Democratic Party on Obama – Biden: “Seeing them together now, they’re a natural team,” he said. “I think they’re going to do well.”
Florida and Michigan delgates to be seated with full voting rights: Dems give [...]