A North Carolina reporter/blogger sneaks into a closed Clinton event, and he feels okay about it; MoveOn the 15 finalists in its Obama in 30 Seconds contest; another contest from Project Breakout seeks to send bloggers to the conventions; the funniest DailyKos post ever?; Newt wants Lincoln-Douglas debates NOW!; Allison Fine chats about our Rebooting America project, and publishes a paper on the generation of Social Citizens; Matt Stoller thinks the Obama campaign is failing at reaching out to bloggers.

Blogosphere reactions to Obama's Fox appearance; Jeremiah Wright gives everyone something to keep writing about; two college students and superdelegates are turning to YouTube to decide their votes; a roundup of Micah Sifry's appearance at the Economics of Social Media conference; PajamasMedia's Roger Simon on the McCain blogger conference calls; Obama is on the shortlist for a mobile messaging award; and a Mississippi congressional candidate uses Obama and Wright to attack his opponent.

Whether voters were convinced by it or not, most would agree that Barack Obama's speech on race was a big moment in the 2008 race. We show it here, along with a few video responses. Also, Ron Paul's avatar rears its underwater head, FOX spreads some "news" about Obama, and Schoolhouse Rocks talks legislation.

Barack Obama gives a major speech, adds to the online cacophony surrounding Jeremiah Wright; MySpace announces its Impact Awards; New York celebrates its Internet industry; lively discussion on the Obama blog as he gives his speech; and John McCain dusts off his March Madness brackets.

It seems like this was the week of dueling racial memes, with controversy swirling around videos of former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, a Clinton backer, and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the pastor of Obama's church, and lots of commentary by interested bystanders. We'll get to those, but first some lighter fare.