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Making the Grade: HillaryClinton.com

At first blush, Hillary’s site kind of looks like a simple re-templating of her Senate site – maintaining the some of the lighter blues of her past campaign site – and adding the requisite navy blues and red necessary for a “presidential” site. Upon the launch, one of the major colors that you saw was the color pink – look at the videos during the initial announcement launch – and watch as the candidate changes the color of her outfits from a purely pink then adding the blues of the jacket, to the total blue suit outfit – all while still being in front of the homestead looking room. Funny thing – when I first saw the launch, especially with the new catch phrase, “Let the Conversation Begin”, I knew Peter Daou had to navigate the Communications Team to coordinate that one. Continue reading

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Are the Presidential sites making the grade?

In reading these articles (and some are from friends of mine), they seem to reply on the simple tick-box evaluation (e.g. do they have a blog, can you donate, and so on) of the site features and pay little attention to the major goal of each campaign: capturing the contact details of the supporters and/or get a donation as quickly as possible. My effort will focus on this issue with a simple tradeoff: do they meet the need of the user/visitor/supporter? Will they succeed in their goals? Are they making the grade? Continue reading

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John Kerry out of the hunt…

The news is out, and it was very evident on his website with a return to a Massachusetts-focus – Senator John Kerry (JK) has announced he is not going to run as a candidate for the 2008 Presidential Primary Election. While there have been numerous articles, posts and commentaries on his campaign and the missteps (both during and afterward), people still have yet to understand the man for what he has done and continues to do for this country. Continue reading

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Isn’t this one for the history books…

Was talking with another friend and she pointed me to this amusing article from New Years Eve 2003 about political blogging in USA Today: Continue reading

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Kissinger on political reputations

Quote of the Day – Henry A. Kissinger – “Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” Continue reading

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