Obama, Change ‘08…and today?

What hasn’t been said and written about this campaign in the two years that have passed? And yet – of course, there’s hope for change..
So, I just came across this video on Youtube:

What’s really interesting here is what this fine lady says at the beginning of the clip:
The president alone cannot affect the changes that [...]

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Here we go:

http://www.faz.net/s/Rub7FC5BF30C45B402F96E964EF8CE790E1/Doc~E400678D137D843899DBE031140F0BD39~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html (German)

Politics is more and more perceived as the simulation of competence and influence. There’s work to do.

http://e-blogs.wikio.fr/le-blog-comme-outil-politique (French)

Blogs as an opportunity to “humanize” politics; I like this: I’d say you can “sell” “humanity” in politics both as authenticity/personalization and ethics, so the trick is to combine both of them efficiently.

http://nonprofitprforum.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-tea-party-means-for-communicators.html

But how can [...]

Comments, 09/14

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/09/06/brace-for-it-ad-blitz-coming.html
http://www.frederic-saintclair.com/2010/09/valerie-pecrresse-sur-france-inter.html (French)

There’s a strong sense of feeling “inundated” by political advertisement during election periods, making listeners less and less attentive. Starting earlier doesn’t seem to be an solution either – so what is it? I have the feeling that continuous media presence is the key here; persistency generates consistency. In other words, the type – [...]

Links and links

http://brownstonecommunications.blogspot.com/2009/11/viral-marketing-and-social-networking.html

Two interesting things here: argues that Obama learned from Howard Dean’s campaign in 2004; the latter was the first to have used the internet during a campaign. Secondly, consider this question:
“The universe is changed. How many of you on Twitter today were on Twitter when Hillary Clinton started campaigning for the Presidency and the [...]