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NYT: Facebooker who friended Obama

Chris Hughes, 24 and a founder of Facebook, left the company to develop Sen. Barack Obama’s Web presence.

Blog Buzz: John McCain's Ads and Barack Obama's Audacity

So, is the McCain campaign backing down on its false ad about Obama wanting to bring the media to the troops? (Conservative answer: Even if the specifics are off, Obama was still wrong.) Regardless, he's got a new ad up trying to portray Obama as a political version of Britney or Paris (oh, how the McCainiacs wish there was Berlin Hilton or Berliny Spears). So, is the McCain campaign trying to paint Obama as "uppity"? Or are they just going Harold Ford on him? Libs say the ad simply makes Big McC look either ridiculous or like C. McC-gomery Burns. Conservatives disagree, of course. The important point, one conservative argues, is that they're closing the Obama money gap by getting the media to run their commercials over and over and over.

Obama's surveillance votespurs blogging backlash

Washington - Sen. Barack Obama's vote for a federal surveillance law that he had previously opposed has sparked a backlash from his online advocates, who had energized his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. In October, Obama had vowed to help filibuster an update of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) (Snip) Gov. Bill Richardson, a former Democratic presidential candidate and an Obama supporter, said Friday that the improvements to the bill allowed Obama to change his position.

The Politics of Space: Obama Wants to Increase NASA Funding

Over the weekend, Democratic senator Barack Obama made a public statement during his presidential campaign trail in Titusville, Florida. Whilst responding to a question about oceanic research, Obama elaborated on his plans for the future of NASA. Previously, there have been hints that a possible Obama Presidency would see a reduction in space funding in favour of a boost in education spending. However, Saturday's statement was followed by some detailed text on Obama's campaign blog outlining his priorities for the US dominance in space, the possibility of extending the Shuttle's operations and speeding up development of the Constellation program…

Surveillance Protest Group Tops Obama Website

A grassroots group of activists has been organizing on MyBo, Obama's official social networking portal, to protest the Senator's recent decision to back controversial legislation granting the President more spying powers. The effort hit a big milestone on Tuesday afternoon: It is now the largest self-organized group on Obama's website, topping networks that were launched over a year ago. The spying protest, "Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity – Get FISA Right," launched last week. (See Obama Network Organizes and Revolts Over Spying, The Nation.)

Campaign 08: Surveillance Protest Group Tops Obama Website

A grassroots group of activists has been organizing on MyBo, Obama's official social networking portal, to protest the Senator's recent decision to back controversial legislation granting the President more spying powers. The effort hit a big milestone on Tuesday afternoon: It is now the largest self-organized group on Obama's website, topping networks that were launched over a year ago. The spying protest, "Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity – Get FISA Right," launched last week. (See Obama Network Organizes and Revolts Over Spying, The Nation.)

Blogtalk: Obama's F.I.S.A. Vote

Obama not only sold out the American people with his vote on FISA, but he lied to the people like me who supported his campaign with my time and money. Look at the Democrats who voted against FISA, like Hillary and Harry Reid and Chuck Shumer. Why couldn’t Obama vote against it? He told us he wouldn’t triangulate like the other politicians, and that is precisely what he is doing. With his support for the death penalty and his opposition to gun control, what has Obama become? Now I know why people voted for Nader in 2000.

NYT: Obama supporters on left cry foul

NYT: Friendly campaigning, only not so much

Blog Buzz: Barack Obama's Mortgage Rorschach, John McCain's Shakeup, and Flip-Flops

Depending (mostly) on your political bent, today's Washington Post story about Barack Obama's home loan is evidence of media schizophrenia, media incompetence, an Obama real estate scandal, or an Obama non scandal.

Blog Buzz: McCain Attacks Obama With the Troops, and Vice Presidential Speculation Grows Odder

John McCain's campaign is running a new ad accusing Barack Obama of blowing off a visit to wounded troops to go shoot some hoop. The ad is false, so why isn't the press saying so? And is the Obama campaign scared of going after McCain? And Is Obama McCain's piñata? But does the Mc-flailing make sense? McCain wasn't always in favor of using the military to score political points. Oh, and by the way: The ad is being run for insiders. (Don't worry, voters, we'll endlessly repeat the message, so you don't have to actually see the ad.)

Blog Buzz: The Great McCain-Obama-Hilton-Spears Race Debate of '08

The kafuffle over McCain's Britney/Paris/Barack (Buzz certainly never thought we'd write that combo) continues, with debate about whether or not Team McCain is Harold Ford-ing Obama. (To Harold Ford: To feature attractive, available white women in an ad against a black politician in an effort to play on racist fears of interracial mating.) Or maybe it's not racist, just sexist? Or maybe McCain needs his own celebrity comparisons (Naomi Campbell, Amy Winehouse)? And then there's the debate about whether Team Obama is itself playing the race card against McCain. Oh, and: The McCain-supporting wing of the Hilton family isn't wild about the ad. Certainly the oddest take on the Brit-Obama McCain ad comes from Joe "Relax and Enjoy It" Lieberman. Or maybe not, as Hot Air's Allahpundit points out, there's this gem of Oliver Stone-ry.

Bus Plunges Off Bridge in Texas; Man Arrested for Obama Assassination Attempt; Mayor's Dog Killed by Police; Blogger Fires Back at Jon Voight for Criticizing Obama; Credit Card Numbers Floating in Wi-Fi; Obama Answers Questions About the Clintons

ELAINE QUIJANO, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Now, ultimately, they were allowed to cover the event. But the moment was really a sign of the intense pressure as China tries to put its best foot forward ahead of the games.

Flickring here, twittering there

ON JULY 30th John McCain’s campaign released an anti-Barack Obama advertisement on the McCain YouTube channel. The ad compared Mr Obama’s celebrity to that of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. By August 13th it had been viewed 2m times, TV and newspapers had taken it up, a bikini-clad Paris had launched a spirited riposte (“Thanks for the endorsement, white-haired dude�) and it was still the most viewed clip on the McCain channel. In reply, Mr Obama’s campaign launched “Low Road Express�, a website that mocked Mr McCain’s reputation for straight talk. On July 31st the Republican National Committee launched “Obama Audacity Watch�, to track less-than-glowing stories and clips about him.

Obama Web Site Fights Cyber Attacks

Michelle Obama has often been the target of conservative attacks, prompting Obama to demand his rivals "lay off my wife." Much of the criticism came from her comment that her husband's campaign had made her proud of her country "for the first time," a remark that inspired a Tennessee Republican Party Web video questioning her patriotism.

Obama sets up Web site to fight cyber attacks

WASHINGTON: Democrat Barack Obama is fighting back against cyber attacks and innuendo with a Web site that seeks to debunk Internet rumors, most notably a claim his wife used a racial epithet during a church talk and assertions that he is a Muslim. Obama, who is the first African-American to win a major party's nomination for the White House, faces problems new to US presidential politics in a country burdened with a history of racism. The Internet move is an unusual one in American politics, where candida

Obama, McCain agree on many once-divisive issues

MIDDLE MEN: Sen. Barack Obama has been tacking to the center on such issues as trade, government wiretapping policy and the death penalty. Sen. John McCain's defiance of the GOP party line has more closely aligned him with Obama on some issues and upped his centrist appeal.

Obama Losing Voters Over FISA Support

Corrupt writes "I've admired Obama, but I never confused him with a genuine progressive leader. Today I don't admire him at all. His collapse on FISA is unforgivable. The only thing Obama has going for him this week is that McCain is matching him misstep for misstep."

Anti-Obama Bloggers Question Why Google Froze Their Accounts

Some bloggers opposed to Barack Obama say they suspect Obama's supporters — with the assistance of Google — may have tried to censor them when the Internet giant froze their Web sites for five days last month.

Anti-Obama Bloggers Question Why Google Froze Accounts

Some bloggers opposed to Barack Obama say they suspect Obama's supporters — with the assistance of Google — may have tried to censor them when the Internet giant froze their Web sites for five days last month.

Anti-Obama Bloggers Question Why Google Froze Their Accounts

Some bloggers opposed to Barack Obama say they suspect Obama's supporters — with the assistance of Google — may have tried to censor them when the Internet giant froze their Web sites for five days last month.

Anti-Obama Bloggers Upset at Google

The bloggers, most of them supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton and all of whom are critical of Obama, received a notice from Google last week saying that their sites had been identified as potential spam blogs. Many of the bloggers were affiliated with JustSayNoDeal.com, a Web site opposed to the Obama presidency.

Anti-Obama Bloggers Upset at Google

The bloggers, most of them supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton and all of whom are critical of Obama, received a notice from Google last week saying that their sites had been identified as potential spam blogs. Many of the bloggers were affiliated with JustSayNoDeal.com, a Web site opposed to the Obama presidency.

Anti-Obama Bloggers Upset at Google

The bloggers, most of them supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton and all of whom are critical of Obama, received a notice from Google last week saying that their sites had been identified as potential spam blogs. Many of the bloggers were affiliated with JustSayNoDeal.com, a Web site opposed to the Obama presidency.

MICHELLE OBAMA AMONG VANITY FAIR'S BEST DRESSED: Wife of Barack graces annual list; Kanye blogs about making the cut.

Vanity Fair magazine has released its 2008 International Best Dressed List and sitting pretty among the fashionistas is possible future First Lady Michelle Obama, wife of presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama.

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