Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Weekly Linkage - Saturday, August 30, 2008

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Prostitution could spike during RNC Of the 5,000 or so "erotic services" ads on the Twin Cities craigslist Web site, the word "Republican" appears twice. In an ad looking for event "hostesses" during next week's presidential nominating convention in St. Paul, and in another ad promising "your secret is safe w/me!" ...

Craig Newmark: “Obama is a Leader, Not a Boss”

Friday, March 28th, 2008

  Craig Newmark of Craigslist is quoted as stressing Barack Obama's leadership style as a reason for his support. "I see him as a leader rather than a boss," Newmark said. He explains a leader as someone who inspires people to work on their own; a boss, conversely, orders people to ...

Can Craig Newmark Help Get Obama Elected?

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

For the record, I'm voting for Barack Obama - not because Craig Newmark is, too - but for many of the same reasons. Read more...

ObamaCycle: Obama Campaigners Use Craigslist Model

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Rich VanOverberg was struggling on how to get timely access to any campaign paraphernalia that would help him spread his candidate's (Sen. Barack Obama) brand. He searched for a simple solution. Enter stage left - ObamaCycle. Its a Web 2.0 version (in spirit at least) of Craigslist, for Obama campaign paraphernalia. ObamaCycle is just another ...