http://techpresident.personaldemocracy.com/blog/entry/92/daily_digest_2_26_07 Comments for "Daily Digest: 2/26/07" en http://techpresident.personaldemocracy.com/blog/entry/92/daily_digest_2_26_07 <p><strong>The Web on the Candidates</strong></p> <p>Is Al Gore running? Leonardo DiCaprio couldn't get it out of it him, but after he <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/26/ap/entertainment/mainD8NHBTS80.shtml">won an Oscar</a> for best documentary last night people are talking. <strong>Patrick Ruffini</strong> <a href="http://www.patrickruffini.com/2007/02/26/a-sign-gore-is-running/">noticed</a> that <a href="http://www.algore.com/">Gore's web site</a> has a new splash page asking visitors to send their names and email addresses to Congress; Ruffini wonders if it's a sign of bigger ambitions. "A good e-mail list is something any candidate needs to hit the ground running. And if you’re smart, you capitalize on high-impact events like the Oscar win to collect e-mail addresses." </p> <p>In a profile of <a href="http://www.studentsforbarackobama.com/">Students for Barack Obama</a> leaders, the <a href="http://www.mercedsunstar.com/local/story/13325137p-13951023c.html">Merced Sun-Star</a> looks for ways that campaigns can use social networking sites like Facebook to get people elected. <strong>Meredith Segal</strong>, executive director of the group, knows it's about more than online organizing. "We recognize that we have tens of thousands of members online. But unless we get those people out knocking on doors, participating in phone banks, registering voters and obviously ultimately voting, (our) online organizing will be little more than a powerful way to demonstrate support for (Obama)." </p> <p><a href="http://techpresident.personaldemocracy.com/blog/entry/92/daily_digest_2_26_07">read more</a></p> http://techpresident.personaldemocracy.com/blog/entry/92/daily_digest_2_26_07#comment Al Gore Barack Obama fundraising Hillary Clinton John McCain Tom Vilsack Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:55:06 -0500 Joshua Levy 92 at http://techpresident.personaldemocracy.com