The Washington Post asks how Obama can transform his net-based electoral strength, into a policy and advocacy tool that will strengthen his presidency? But Peter Greenberger, manager of political advertising for Google, said such information could be a boon for Obama in building public support for policy proposals. MORE >>

think it’s true that Obama didn’t confront (or at least, not effectively) the widespread anxieties about the deficit, the bailouts, the job situation, or deep and prolonged uncertainty in the economy. Nonetheless, Obama stuck to his guns on it, hoping in vain that the economy would right itself. What do you think? MORE >>

Last week at the InterAction Forum I had the pleasure of hearing Sam Graham-Felson , former director of blogging for the Obama Campaign talk about their strategy and success.  They helped explain Obama's 10 major policy positions by breaking them into Blueprint for Change videos on each one.  These are highlights of Sam?s please? MORE >>

L et’s face it, the Obama Presidential campaign was one of the most successful social media marketing efforts in the history of the internet. can count on my fingers the number of major US companies that understand new media the way the Obama campaign did. So what can we learn about social media marketing from the Obama campaign? MORE >>

An excerpt from a very clear strategic analysis by Immanuel Wallerstein , about how progressive movements should handle the political situation after the meltdown and Obama’s election victory: “The United States has elected a centrist president, whose inclinations are somewhat left of center. So we voted for the lesser evil. MORE >>