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LIVEBLOG: Super Duper Fat Tuesday 2008 Primary Election

I’ll be liveblogging the 2008 presidential primaries for Super Duper Fat Tuesday via Twitter. You can follow me at the account illinoizeyoshi, or use the RSS feed here. I’ll also have the last 20 updates embedded below.
I’ll be reposting this liveblog Twitter feed over at Illinoize as well throughout the evening. It’ll be random [...]


Chicagoland presidential campaign contributions Google map mashup

Not that the comparison above between Republican and Democratic donors from Chicago is any surprise, but the Huffington Post has a nice Google Maps mashup that geographically charts presidential campaign contributions.
Found any other nifty charts, graphs, maps, interactive Flash apps, etc. that deals with the primaries tomorrow? Put them in the comments, I’d love [...]


Website traffic: Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton

Ever since I read a friend’s Facebook note that Barack Obama’s servers were crushed by the power of hope, I wondered how his traffic levels compared to Hillary Clinton’s.
So, who’s received more Internet traffic? Answer: It’s all in how you measure traffic, which means there’s no clear winner here.
Using the site Compete.com to compare site [...]


Hope crushes Obama’s servers for several hours

For at least 4 hours, Barack Obama’s campaign Web site has displayed that image above. His Web site is down, servers overloaded just mere hours before the polls open for Super Duper Fat Tuesday tomorrow.
It didn’t come online fully until about midnight on Monday evening.
While some might see this as a good sign for [...]


UPDATE: Blagojevich receives birthday presents of Facebook support for healthcare

Wow. What a difference a day and a blog post makes!
Only a day after I pointed out that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was all alone on Facebook in his holy Web 2.0 crusade to get the people of Illinois healthcare, he’s received 169 additional supporters for his group, “I Support Healthcare.”
(Click images for full screenshots)
Before:

And…. after:

Looks [...]


Exposing Blagojevich: Is his approach an obstacle for Facebook popularity?

Mike Flannery’s report on how Gov. Rod Blagojevich goes to Blackhawks games instead of being present in Springfield for mass-transit funding legislative action has gathered quite a bit of attention. And it’s deserved. After all, when was the last time you remember your local nightly news devoted 7 minutes and 55 seconds to a single-topic [...]


CNN / YouTube debate: Questioner Ret. Brigadier General Keith Kerr is part of Hillary Clinton’s campaign

(Scroll for updates - it just hit the Drudge Report, so you know this is going to blow up big time.)
I just got done watching the CNN / YouTube debate between the Republicans, looking to see how much different it would be than the Democratic equivalent a few months ago. Frankly, I don’t really care [...]


Social networks, politics and class

Undoubtedly, by now you’ve heard of the “Obamagirl” video, and there’s been quite a bit of media hype surrounding it.
In case you haven’t, check it out, but then keep reading as it ties into a few points I’ve been wanting to make about social networks, politics and now an interesting essay on the emergence [...]


Hanging out with rockstars in Springfield

It’s been a while since I last updated, but there’s a good reason for that. Rather, several good reasons.
1.) I’m spending most of my free time job hunting, i.e.: writing cover letters and perfecting the perfect clip portfolio.
2.) I’m busy at my internship with the Rockford Register Star working on two rather large projects. Plus, [...]