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got the Agonist to ‘fess up. I checked with him and yes, Daniel Forbes who got the Agonist to ‘fess up is the same reporter who outed the US government’s secret promotion of anti-drug TV plots for Salon a few years ago. Not sure how he does it, but I’m impressed. [Paul Boutin] What a…

AP just reported that former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Don Beyer is joining the campaign as treasurer: “What I liked most about Howard is his unpretentiousness and his plain-talking, heart-of-the-message style. He’s very bright and seems to be fearless,” Beyer said.Gee – first the former Oregon governor endorses Dean. Then a former Lieutenant Governor endorses Dean…

What Warfighters Can Teach Business Leaders. Literally from it’s earliest issue, Fast Company has looked to the best minds and most effective units in the military for lessons about strategy, tactics, and execution that can be applied to business. At a moment in which the attention of the world is focused on military conflict and…

I was intrigued by the Dean campaign’s announcement, so I did a little bit of digging to find out more about upoc.com, the provider who’s making it possible to use SMS as a communications platform for the campaign. Turns out they have a corporate site, with info about what they do, why they’re different, and…

Well, well. A presidential campaign with a weblog? That’s so, well, last month. Now the Dean campaign announces it’s got a “phonenet” – where Dean supporters can sign up to receive SMS text messages from the campaign. From an e-mail today from Zephyr Teachout, who’s involved in the campaign’s Internet strategy: Go to www.upoc.com Click…

I won’t be going tomorrow, and I’ll share my thoughts on today’s discussions later, but I couldn’t help but note this: the WiFi network at TechShow was nuked, apparently by an unsuspecting TechShow attendee whose computer was infected and was flooding the WiFi access points with bogus requests. (Hence my spotty posts today.) Or perhaps…

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If there were any doubt about the effectiveness of the grassroots effort being marshalled by the Howard Dean campaign, go visit the comments at the DeanBlog for affirmation. City after city report stunning turnout (most impressive: Oregon’s former governor showing up at the Portland meetup to announce her support for Dean!) – according to Meetup,…

Kevin Drumm (aka CalPundit) is thinking about the 2004 presidential election, and Jesse Berney (aka Wage Slave) are doing some good out-loud thinking about what the 2004 election holds for the Democrats. There’s some good analysis on all sides, with the conclusion appearing to be that only Dean and Edwards have a credible shot. It’s…