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The Tumblr, for all its webbiness, embraced a kind of back-to-the-future sensibility: a suggestion of what campaign messaging looked like in previous ages, when it played out on the community level.

The Atlantic, on the Obama campaign Tumblr — perhaps the best piece yet on political memedom, the uniqueness of Tumblr as a platform, and why it makes sense in the political sphere. (Only thing missing: a quote from Liba Rubenstein!) (via jessbennett)

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It ain’t over until the rich guy zings.

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From stormy Tampa, Florida, The Daily Show begins its coverage of “RNC 2012: The Road to Jeb Bush 2016.” Jon welcomes Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl). Tonight at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

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Four years ago, the fallout from a controversial remark would have taken hours, if not a full day, to unfold. In 2012, social media, which enables reporters to file in real-time and puts increased pressure on campaigns to speed up their response time, has brought the pace of the news cycle down to a matter of minutes and seconds. The ‘one-day story’ — itself an archaic term in the 21st century — has become the one-hour story.

Is Twitter good or bad for political journalism? — Tech News and Analysis (via onaissues)

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An activist lies in front of a police line during a protest on the streets outside the Republican National Convention.

[REUTERS/Adrees Latif, August 27, 2012]

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“I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.”

On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke to the nation about the situation in Vietnam and concluded with his decision not to seek re-election.

Read the entire address at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum »

The president has more than a year to go before the next election, but Obama has stopped governing and has shifted entirely to campaign mode. This is what it looks like when a president quits.

Ed Morrissey, Has Obama Quit Already? (via theweekmagazine)

Ralph Nader may run for US Senate in Connecticut

Many people have called on Nader to jump into the hotly contested race to challenge Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd, who has been struggling in recent polls. Nader said he’s getting increasingly more requests from Connecticut Green Party members, independents and supporters of Ned Lamont, the upstart Democrat who challenged Sen. Joe Lieberman in the 2006 election.

“I’m just absorbing a lot of the feedback before I make a decision,”

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Giuliani To Run For U.S. SENATE; If Elected May Aim For White House in 2012

he plans to run against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010 to fill out the remaining two years of Hillary Clinton’s term.

If elected, the source said, he could use that as a stepping stone to run for President in 2012 - rather than run for re-election to the Senate.

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Security officials and riot police engaged in violent clashes with demonstrators in Tehran today in what one reporter called an “unprecedented scene” in Iran in recent years.

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