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Posts related to my Hillary Clinton-related projects.
TechCrunch posted yesterday that MySpace is going to be holding a presidential primary on January 1st and 2nd, 2008, which is before any of the official state primaries. Every member will be asked to vote for their favorite candidate. Michael Arrington makes a good point about why this should be done on Facebook instead:
Facebook’s user accounts are each tied to an email address or cell phone, resulting in far fewer fake or duplicate accounts. Given the low quality of the MySpace user base (multiple accounts, no identity check, etc.) it would be relatively easy for a campaign to create a significant number of fake accounts to stuff the ballot box in their favor. Facebook can also tie their users to U.S. residency much easier than MySpace.
I would add another reason: Facebook is not owned by News Corporation! Not that I would expect Facebook to be completely impartial, but more so than the owner of Fox News.
I don't think anyone is going to take the results very seriously, but I like the idea regardless. Anything that might make politics more relevant to the younger generations is worth trying. So far Barack Obama has a massive lead in terms of the number of friends he has, but expect the other candidates to catch up.
As you probably know, I have been recording a weekly podcast covering the latest Hillary Clinton related headlines. I like doing it, because it gives me a chance to keep up on the news myself. I have found that gathering the stories takes a bit of effort though, so I was excited to see this from Yahoo:
At Yahoo! News, we’ve pulled together an über-site to help you engage in the 2008 campaign. In addition to the latest news videos, headlines, and political commentary, you’ll find dedicated pages for each candidate.
Beautiful - it's almost exactly what I have been looking for! Here's the page dedicated to Hillary Clinton. I'll definitely be making use of this site on the weekend. Yahoo says they are going be adding even more stuff too, so it'll only get better.
Today I am launching a new little project of mine - a podcast about Hillary Clinton and her run at the White House. Each Sunday I'll post a new episode with a recap of the previous week's Hillary-related headlines. You can listen to the first episode here.
I'll also use the podcast to test and demonstrate some of the features available at Podcast Spot. For now it's just audio, and the weekly recap will likely remain that way, but I might do some additional episodes in the future. As I mention in the first episode, there's about 92 weeks to go until the election. Wouldn't it be cool if I got to interview Hillary Clinton herself during that time? Highly unlikely, but you never know.
The first episode was recorded pretty quickly this morning, so production quality might not be spectacular. I'll work on it though. If you have feedback, I'd love to hear it!