March 2007 Archives

I’m sure I’m not the first person to notice this. But this is clearly the first web-driven presidential election. Check out the Facebook profiles for: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and John Edwards. I couldn’t find profiles for Rudy Giuliani, Bill Richardson, or the other also-rans. Sure, they each have a website, but who in American w/ a pulse doesn’t?

I’m presenting two papers at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting in Chicago in two weeks. The first paper is finished; the second still needs some work. Here’s the abstract: