Roots Report

By Ally Parsons  

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techPresident is reporting that The Democratic National Committee just launched a new microsite titled BP Republicans. The mid-term microsite has email, Facebook, and Twitter integration and features such Republican figures as Reps. Joe Barton (TX), Michelle Bachmann (MN), and Steve King (IA); and Senate candidates Rand Paul of Kentucky and Sharron Angle of Nevada. 

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Tablets aplenty: Gizmodo is reporting that Microsoft is aggressively pushing production of their own tablets like Apple's iPad. This means more consumers will be using touch-screen portable devices. What this means for campaigns is that by the time 2012 rolls around, your campaign/cause will need to look at ways to effectively use tablets. 

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Foursquare -- and the general trend of geo-location services -- present a huge opportunity for campaigns. See where your volunteers are. Share where your candidate is. Let volunteers see where voters are. Find polling places. Foursquare doesn't do all of these things, but it is quickly becoming so widely adopted that if it won't soon, someone else will. 

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Good Saturday morning. It's perfect weather for precinct walking in Tennessee today, but rainy in Washington. Here's what we found interesting at the intersection of technology + politics: 

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