Political Web Notes

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• Congressional endorsements for the Democratic Presidential hopefuls
  Courtesy of  Roll Call Newspaper, July, 2003
• Presidential Primaries - 2004 preliminary schedule
  

1. Political Web Sites to Explore
2. News and Analysis
3. Grassroots/Activism
4. 2004 Presidential Campaign
5. Political Humor
6. Practical Political Web Sites

National Donot Call Registry - http://www.donotcall.gov   The FTC and the FCC will begin enforcing the National Do Not Call Registry on 10/1/03. Political organizations, charities, telephone surveyors or companies with which you have an existing business relationship are exempt.

DC's Political Report  - http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com   State by state analysis of who’s running; political party information. Easy to maneuver. Updated regularly.

Government Information Awareness - http://opengov.media.mit.edu/  Government Information Awareness is a research effort by the Computing Culture group of the MIT Media Lab. The site consolidates a phenomenal amount of information on the Legislative, Judicial and Executive branch of government.

Ask the White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask   Ask the White House, the real “West Wing.” An on-line interactive forum where you can submit questions to White House officials. Of course, questions are screened and it is a one-way discussion. However, it does give the public access to administration personnel. Past interviews are archived and interesting to read.

Recall Gray Davis - http://www.RecallGrayDavis.com  The Recall is on - October 7, 2003. The California grassroots movement to remove Governor Gray Davis (D) collected over 1.6 million signatures. Major funding source – Rep. Darrell Issa (R). Also check out http://www.stoptherecall.com, http://www.beattherecall.com/ and http://www.Republicansagainsttherecall.com   The sites use the Internet to drive public opinion and action.

MeetUp - http://www.meetup.com   Free service that organizes local gatherings about anything, anywhere. Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean has successfully used this site to grow his grassroots campaign.

Political Web.info - http://www.PoliticalWeb.info   Comparing how the presidential candidates are using the internet. Analytical reports; publication links. They have the 2002 Election archived.

New Hampshire Primary - http://www.primarymonitor.com   and http://www.politicsNH.com  - Websites covering the New Hampshire Primary news. They have a calendar, back information and up to date gossip. Interestingly, the Draft General Wesley Clark committee is the only presidential hopeful that has taken out banners on both sites.

Draft Wesley Clark - http://www.draftwesleyclark.com   Grassroots effort to convince the four-star General to run for the presidency. Spearheaded by 3 young men (John Hlinko, Josh Margulies and David Wallace), they claim to have raised over $150,000.00 in 3 months.

Mark Fiore - http://www.markfiore.com/animation/looting.swf   and http://www.markfiore.com/animation/doit.html A sample of Mark Fiore’s very funny audiovisual cartoons. Humor that Democrats will especially enjoy.

Andy Borowitz - http://www.borowitzreport.com   Political satire. Each day Andy Borowitz extrapolates a humorous new scenario from the day’s headline stories.

Winners for the Hot Political Website award are listed. We look forward to your nominations. Past winners have included:
http://www.sddemocrats.org
http://www.dickgephardt2004.com/inicio.html  
http://www.governing.com
http://www.opensecrets.org
http://www.lovelouisiana.com
http://www.campaignyoungvoters.org
http://www.catgop.org
http://www.congress.org