Author: Rick Klau

Josh Marshall may be at it again. You may recall that he was widely credited for sticking to the Trent Lott story late last year, ultimately resulting in Trent Lott stepping down from his leadership position in the Senate. Now he’s picking at the threads of a story that may result in Tom DeLay getting…

The New Republic Online: Dean.com Some campaign managers devote their energies to working the elite press or courting union leaders or wooing donors. But Trippi seems to spend an inordinate amount of his time checking Meetup numbers, posting to liberal blogs, sending text messages to supporters who have signed up for the Dean wireless network,…

From one of Forbes’ top-ranked tech blogs (Techdirt), comes this acknowledgement that if you’re into technology and you are interested in politics, you’re likely to keep hearing just one name… Techdirt:Internet Fund Raising Pays Off For Presidential Hopeful The one name I keep hearing come up in conversations concerning how the candidates use the internet…

Nice to see Professor Larry Lessig excited about some recent comments from Governor Dean: MediaCon: two truths from the dean Howard Dean says at least two important and true things here: (1) “The way to deal with a leader is to be another leader, and to be strong in your views and present the American…

ABCNEWS.com : Howard Dean Raises $1M Via Internet This AP story hits on a few important nuggets. First, Governor Dean is the first candidate to raise $1m on the Internet in this election cycle. Perhaps more interesting is this quote: Though many of the 2004 hopefuls have the potential to raise millions over the Internet…

t r u t h o u t – TO Interview with Howard Dean Interview with Howard Dean t r u t h o u t | Exclusive InterviewThursday 22 May 2003 As the election season begins to heat up, truthout has begun pursuing interviews with the seven Democratic candidates for President. Invitations have been…

Salon.com Books | The Matrix way of knowledge The Matrix way of knowledgeFrom the Gnostic gospels to the visions of Descartes to the shamanic quests of Eastern mystics, the Wachowski brothers’ pop opus weaves a dense web of philosophical and metaphysical allusions. – – – – – – – – – – – –By Erik…

Two good letters to the editor of the Washington Post about their coverage of the DLC/Dean flap from last week: The Real Howard Dean (washingtonpost.com)

I got an e-mail last night. It was personalized (they got my first name right), and they tell me that they’ve been selling “enterprise software to lawyers” for 12 years. Now it appears that they have a CRM system. Amazingly enough, after they did some research they purport to have figured out the answer to…

Nice twist at the end. Reactions?