June 5, 2008
· Filed under Assignments · Tagged blogging, blogging rhetoric
According to Politico, John McCain’s finance team must prepare or their most epic battle yet, competing with Barack Obama’s campaign which has the potential to reach over $300 million. A financial rift of this magnitude would allow Obama to compete in more states than McCain, thus giving Obama a clear advantage.
“‘McCain has to make every dollar count in the general election, and Obama will have money to burn,’ said Evan Tracey, co-founder of Campaign Media Analysis Group.”
“Clearly, a major reason for the imbalance is the length of the Democratic primary compared with that of the Republican race. But it’s also a matter of resources: Obama raised nearly three times more money than McCain’s $100 million tally through April.”
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June 3, 2008
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According to the Associated Press, Barak Obama has beat Hillary Clinton in the race to obtain the Democratic presidential nomination today. By clinching the nomination, Obama because the first black candidate to lead a major political party in a presidential campaign. Now the question on everyones’ mind is: Who will join Obama’s ticket as his VP?
“Vanquished rival Hillary Rodham Clinton swiftly signaled an interest in joining the ticket as his running mate.”
“According to one participant in an afternoon conference call among Clinton and members of the New York congressional delegation, Rep. Nydia Velazquez said she believed the best way for Obama to win over Hispanics and members of other key voting blocs would be to take the former first lady as his running mate.”
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June 2, 2008
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Ars Technica reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court decision to prohibit a high school student from being reelected as student secretary and from being able to speak at graduation, after posting a blog that named her school officials “douchebags.” The student and her mother initiated the law suit because they believed the school had violated her First Amendment rights.
“The Court of Appeals noted that adults may have a constitutional right to use vulgar or offensive speech in order to make a point, but that it ‘may legitimately give rise to disciplinary action by a school’ if a school is responsible for ‘teaching students the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior. Although Avery made her statements off school grounds and outside of school hours, they were related to school activities and ultimately caused some level of disruption of the school setting.”
“Avery’s position as secretary was also considered a ‘privilege’ that could be rescinded at any point, the court said, especially since her actions apparently undermined the values of the student government as an extracurricular activity.”
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June 2, 2008
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According to a report by Read Write Web, in order to increase online readership, The New York Times is the process of creating an API that will allow programmers to more easily structure print content for the web. The New York Times plans to have the API finished by the time summer arrives, with parts of the API available to the public within six months.
“An API is a logical step for newspapers. It will give developers access to their vast amounts of well-researched data, and allows the paper’s brand to be spread easily across the web. More access to Times content and the ability to mash it up in new and interesting ways can only be a win for both readers and the paper.”
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June 2, 2008
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According to a Gallup Panel survey, a large majority o Democrats, Republicans and independents think it is important for the president of the U.S. to meet with the leaders of countries that are considered our adversaries. The survey also specified that most people would like to see a meeting between the U.S. and Iran.
“About 6 in 10 Americans (59%) think it would be a good idea for the president of the United States to meet with the president of Iran. This includes about half of Republicans, a majority of independents and most Democrats.”
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