Among Obama, Clinton, Biden, Huckabee, Brownback, Edwards (McCain and Giuliani dont have one yet), Obama ‘08 seems to be most web 2.0-ish website AND democrat websites, in general, seem to more 2.0-ish than republican websites. Has blue always been ahead on the technology curve? I don’t know. Another observation on Joe Biden and Barack Obama’s flickr campaign accounts: Joe Biden has tonnes of photographs with he almost always posing and looking into the camera (also the camera uses a lot of flash) while Obama has got a great photographer shooting him in action making him look iconic and history-maker as in the one here.
Support of the web-savvy didn’t help the Dems win in ‘04, so I don’t see why ‘08 will be any different. Also, Obama has no friends on flickr! Poor widdle Barack!
Obama’s site definitely outclasses the others. I’m not sure if Democrats are any more tech-savvy than Republicans overall, but the worst site award thus far in the ‘08 race easily goes to Sam Brownback. Not only is it visually unimpressive, but the entry URL (www.brownback.com) redirects you to some other site — http://www.t-worx.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.t-worx.com/brownback. Pathetic for a presidential candidate.
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Brown should also get the award for the worst-written copy.
Use of three dots all over (”Also, we need judges who want to be judges…not legislators.”), questions marks in odd places (”We should support marriage, not tax it?”), funky figures of speech (”This one, the Internal Revenue Code, should be taken behind the barn and killed with a dull axe.”).
Obama is a man of genuine quality and high intellectual standards. He’s the finest of the fine. I know the press can and will try to completely butcher this picture, but I tell you first hand, this man is long been an icon in the making. Sure, Bush had his day in the sun, when he mandated photographs of his head be shot from below, but now it’s time for a new man in town. The political hype is on, and I’m there to make sure his support band-wagen gets its nudge. Glad to know the photographers are too.
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