links for 2008-05-16

• Obama’s Own 50 State Strategy (hint: Its Younger than McCain) | Future Majority
• Andrei Cherny: Countdown to Colbert: Any Advice? – Media on The Huffington Post
• Burro Blog: Step Up for the GI Bill
• Daily Kos: Block The Vote! Proof of Citizenship On The Rise, Flashpoint Mo.
• Rock’n’Register « Young Democrats of Harford County
• YDAz.org :: The Young Democrats of Arizona – New G.I. Bill vs. Same Old McCain Bullshit
• Rock the Vote Blog: I Voted, Will You?
• The Narrow Bridge: Jon Stewart is our Nice Dad
• New GI Bill Passes in the House | Future Majority
• e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Doing It for the Cheerleaders: The Explosive Growth of Niche Social Networks
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Greg Hauenstein’s Blog: Dulé Hill and Max Kennedy at PSU
• techPresident – John McCain: Tolstoy in My Inbox
• The Kenig Konnection: Could the youth vote be up for grabs?
• Digital Natives » LIVEBLOGGING: Civic Engagement and the Youth Vote in the 2008 Elections
• YDA | Using Google Spreadsheet Form Tool for Free Online Surveys
• Sign the Petition Against GOP Vote-Suppression Legislation | Ohio Daily Blog – A Community Blog On Ohio Politics And Public Affairs
• David Hardt (Final YDA Superdelegate) Will Not Endorse Until All Votes Are Cast | Future Majority
• Daily Kos: Ranchers: the good life in Nebraska (kleeb in video)
• Daily Kos: Bush Statement to Israeli Knesset Undermines America
• Features : Radar Online : A Call to Arms Against Millennials
• Declining Like the U. S. Dollar, Does the Black Youth Vote Matter in ’08? | Black Politics on the Web
• Generation Y For Dummies: We Trail Early Adopters | SheGeeks
• Last Chance to Apply to Be an Obama Organizing Fellow! « The Nets We Weave
• Rock the Vote Blog: Vote for Human Rights Here in the US
• Crossing the (Digital) Line :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs
• HisSpace
• Why California’s gay-marriage decision could be overturned by voters in November. – By Emily Bazelon – Slate Magazine

links for 2008-05-15

• “Youth vote” by Held Out For Comment
• GOP Once Owned Youth Vote—No, Really! – America’s Election HQ
• Pendulum Online – A new generation of voters sends in ballots
• UWire – U. Iowa profs: Political advertising playing different role in campaign
• UWire – Turnout increasing among young college voters
• UWire – Ohio State students use YouTube to draw viewers for political show
• UWire – Competing GI Bills in Congress propose changes to veteran benefits
• Thoroughly Modern Superdelegates at PrezVid
• Open Left:: Disruptive Party Building: From a Straw to a Funnel
• You Know It’s Hard Out Here For A . . . (Insert Job Here) | Future Majority
• Quick Hits – May 14th | Future Majority
• UWire – BYU student elected as national delegate
• e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » WeAreWetlands.org: Joomla + DemocracyInAction = Online Advocacy
• Beyond the Youth Vote – NAM
• NASA Gen Y Presentation Inspires Canadian Space Exploration Presentation | SpaceRef – Space News as it Happens
• Loaded Orygun:: Dule’ Hill Does PSU For Barack Obama, W/ Pics
• Netroots Nation Panel: Approved! | Future Majority
• Swiped into Debt | New America Blogs
• The Page – by Mark Halperin – California overturns gay marriage bam
• CREW: VA Discouraged from Diagnosing PTSD | Future Majority
• Tondee’s Tavern::: Young Democrats of Atlanta Newsletter
• Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web – ReadWriteWeb
• Young voters’ fashion sense often leads the polls – Fashion & Beauty – MSNBC.com
• Missouri’s Proposed Voting Requirement Could Disenfranchise More Than 200,000 U.S. Citizens
• Internet Gurus Flock to Harvard Conference
• Gloomy Republicans

links for 2008-05-14

• Calitics:: The RIAA (and the MPAA) visits the CA state legislature in search of corporate welfare
• Breaking: Dem wins in MS-01 Kleeb in NE-Sen! (Everyday Citizen)
• Blue Jersey:: Engaging your supporters through technology
• Blue Jersey:: Design Adler’s first BlogAd
• The Page – by Mark Halperin – TIME – Democrat Wins Mississippi Special Election
• Does your business…have a branding strategy that works?: A visual history of the presidential campaign logos
• Omaha.com Elections Section – Scott Kleeb wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
• UWire – NYU sophomore wins seat on county board of education
• UWire – Dartmouth student’s Obama ad wins Moveon.org contest
• UWire – Colorado State U. student’s textbook legislation becomes law
• Obama: Don’t Fund the Outside Groups | Future Majority
• Rock the Vote Blog: Rock the Vote on One Tree Hill
• UWire – Web site ActBlue helps transform political fundraising
• Young Democrats of Georgia – YDG’s Former Committeewoman Launches New Blog
• The Phenomenal Numbers Behind Young Voter Turnout | New Politics Institute
• Daily Kos: College Democrats Superdelegates Lauren & Awais Endorse..OBAMA [2x]
• Young Democrats of Georgia – Democracy Corps: Analysis: Youth for the Win!
• The Charleston Gazette – Election Central – Barth on way to winning 2nd Congressional District
• Campaign 2008; How the Internet has Made Supporting a Candidate an Interactive Process « New Media and Politics
• TheHill.com – Kleeb wins primary, will face Johanns for Senate seat
• Florida Young Democrats Announces New Executive Director – Wakulla County – real estate, homes, news and politics
• Older DVR Owners Are More Likely to Skip All Ads – Advertising Age – Digital: Columns
• Facebook, Meet Blackboard :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, and Views and Jobs
• The Morning News: News : Democrat: Obama’s Popularity Could Affect Arkansas Primary Turnout
• It’s Finals Time For Student Superdelegates – washingtonpost.com
• CampusProgress.org | Andrew Connelly’s Blog: College freshman elected mayor (suggestions for a wittier post title appreciated)
• College Democrats back Obama – 2008 Presidential Campaign Blog – Political Intelligence – Boston.com
• Craigslist founder urges activism in UC Berkeley commencement speech – San Jose Mercury News
• Louisiana Weekly – The Civil Rights battle moves from the streets to the Internet
• Voter ID by the Numbers
• TheHill.com – College Democrats of America leaders back Obama
• CIRCLE – A nonpartisan research center studying youth civic engagement and civic education. » FEATURED: 46,000 Young Voters Participate in West Virginia Democratic Primary
• College Democrats Superdelegates Endorse Obama | Future Majority
• CampusProgress.org | the contra-antidisestablishmentarianist review: Student Loan Providers Want More Easy Money
• blue oklahoma:: Vote For Change in Tulsa
• Surprise! Student Superdelegates Endorse Obama via YouTube | Threat Level from Wired.com
• Youth for the Win: Maximizing the Youth Vote | Future Majority
• Two Papers on Citizen-Centered Civic Engagement – Social Actions
• Omaha.com Elections Section – Youthful Democrat Kleeb, seasoned Republican Johanns win
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Sam Graham-Felsen’s Blog: College Democrats President and Vice President Endorse Obama; Delegate Countdown – 135.5 To Go
• West Virginia, Kentucky and Nebraska Elections | Future Majority
• Rock the Vote Blog: Young Voters are the New Pink

links for 2008-05-13

• Progressive Political News and Information: Nevada Thunder
• e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » What Tools are YOU Using for Online Politics?
• Quick Hits – May 13th | Future Majority
• Open Left:: Core Dilemmas of Community Organizing: How Do You Replicate Local Success?
• Clips: Late Late Show Rants Rationally On GTA IV
• mrsuper.org: A Summer Break for the Student Vote?
• The Tim Zone: Here Come the Millennials
• Here Come the Millennials – New York Times
• Daily Kos: Inside my husband, Scott Kleeb’s, race for the US Senate
• Florida Young Dems Hire Executive Director
• Mike Connery of Future Majority Discusses the Millennial Generation and the Changing Face of Organization | Make Something Happen
• CampusProgress.org | Kay Steiger’s Blog: The Future of Activism?
• Slashdot | How the RIAA Targets Campus Copyright Violators
• Jon Stewart Interviews Douglas Feith – Politics on The Huffington Post
• Youth Turnout Up 109% This Cycle | Future Majority
• techPresident – PdF 2008: Rebooting the System (A Peek at the Program)
• techPresident – Daily Digest: Drafting a Digital New Deal [UPDATE]
• UWire – Illinois students use Facebook group to lobby for civil unions bill
• CampusProgress.org | Thomas Coen’s Blog: Fed up with journalism on your campus?
• A New Electorate? at PrezVid
• The Narrow Bridge: Millennials: Downtrodden or Just Dumb?
• Millennial Leaders » Blog Archive » Only Real People Can Hope to Market to Gen Y by Greg Rollett
• Young Democrats’ Superdelegate Endorses Obama « studentactivism.net

links for 2008-05-12

• Quick Hits – May 11th | Future Majority
• CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive – Young Democrat brings superdelegate race to a tie « – Blogs from CNN.com
• Few young voters cast ballots in Arizona
• Kal Penn: Open Letter to Two Undeclared College Superdelegates – Politics on The Huffington Post
• YDA Superdelegate Crystal Strait Endorses Obama (Updated) | Future Majority
• Nashville for the 21st Century: Goin’ Strait for Obama
• generation obama: Obama Ties Clinton in Superdelegates – Because of YDA
• the albany project:: Vote for Change Pics
• Give Civil Rights a Face (Everyday Citizen)
• Calitics:: CA Superdelegate Crystal Strait Chooses Obama
• The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – Young Evangelicals And The GOP
• Burnt Orange Report::: Obama Voter Registration in Austin
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Obama HQ Blogger: California Superdelegate Pledges to Barack Obama; Delegate Countdown – 155 To Go
• Delegate update: Obama snags one more – First Read – msnbc.com
• Mitchell picks Obama | Politicker AZ
• Turn Maine Blue:: Rockland teens volunteer in New Orleans
• MyDD :: Superdelegates head to Obama
• Lackluster youth-vote turnout may hit Az again
• McCain Hopes to Attract Young Voters, Overcome ‘Obama-Mania’ – America’s Election HQ
• WireTap Magazine – Elections 2008: Raw Deal Fuels New Deal
• WireTap Magazine – A (Brief) History of the Youth Vote: An Interview with Author Michael Connery
• New York Times Covers Republican Attempt to Keep Law-Abiding, Registered Voters from Voting | Fired Up! Missouri
• New Mobilities: Ce-more about what’s happening in the mobile world: New Report on Wireless Technology for Social Change
• NYT: Shift in battle over voter IDs – The New York Times- msnbc.com
• State’s low youth-vote stats a worry for political leaders | www.azstarnet.com ®
• Collection of Organization Tips | Future Majority
• Michigan Senate Democrats – Allowing 16 year olds to vote
• Thoughts on a Better New Deal | Future Majority
• E-customization and fair prices: Two ways to help avoid a global backlash against U.S. textbooks? | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• Daily Kos: Open Thread and Diary Rescue
  My Twitter post made Daily Kos Diary Rescue on front page and I missed it. Thanks Brian for telling me.
• Rejoice! New Blackberry To Be Called “Bold”
• Daily Kos: Collection of Tips/Tutorials for Youth Political Organizations
• Rock the Vote Blog: I Vote Because…
• McCain says he’ll fight for the youth vote | KansasCity.com Prime Buzz
• Calitics:: Obama’s Register For Change Drive Nets 600+ Voters in LA
• U.S. Labels MIT Students as ‘Security Threats’ and Denies Clearance at Ports – Chronicle.com
• Think Progress » American Legion Backs Webb GI Bill: This Bill Would ‘Encourage’ Young People To Join The Military
• Hillary Clinton in Rehearsal | Indecision2008 | Comedy Central
• Open Left:: Medium Is the Movement: The Value Positive Internet
• Roman Catholic College Disinvites Pro-Choice Speaker – Chronicle.com
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Sam Graham-Felsen’s Blog: Obama Organizing Fellows: Only a few days left to apply
• Glamocracy: News Blog: glamour.com

links for 2008-05-10

• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Marc Peters’s Blog: A Generation of Progressives
• Facebook Removes “Is Twittering” From Statuses – The Unofficial Facebook Blog
• Facebook To Lift 5,000 Friends Limit
• Rock the Vote Blog: Six Million Loud
• The Progressive Generation: How Young Adults Think About the Economy | Future Majority
• House passes bill that will let the RIAA take away your home for downloading music – Boing Boing
• Slashdot | US Lawmakers Propose New Net Neutrality Bill
• Young Democrats of Georgia – Your Weekend Update from Young Democrats of Georgia!
• Open Left:: Missouri House Votes To Disenfranchise 240,000
• techPresident – Obama Delegates Learn To Self-Organize
• Barack Obama Delegates Home – Barack Obama Delegates
• wactivist.com: Mr. Super Ego Endorses Obama
• New Mexico Politics: New Mexico FBIHOP:: NM-Sen: Udall Asks Citizens to “Co-Sponsor” New GI Bill
• Young Citizens have inspiring stories – Livingston Community News Opinion – Rick Fitzgerald – MLive.com
• GamePolitics.com » Blog Archive » Video Game Legislation for Dummies
• The young voter will decide the next election. by Karl Leuba — and morons do not forget morons, gw bush, dominance | Gather
• Campaign U.: Is Ralph Nader Poised to Raid the Democrats’ Youth Vote? – Chronicle.com
• Obama’s Problem With Older Voters – TalkLeft
• VOA News – US Presidential Primaries Inspire Record High Voter Turnout
• The Charleston Gazette – News – Teenaged voters excited to join political process
• Obama’s Appeal to Young Montana Voters | Flathead Beacon
• Harvard Kennedy School – Civic Engagement and the Youth Vote in ’08
• .org Domain Name Registrations Slated For Price Hike
• Millennial Leaders » Blog Archive » Is Gen Y Really All That Narcissistic?
• On Hard Working (a.k.a. White) Americans : TeresaCentric
• New Mexico Politics: New Mexico FBIHOP:: More than 60 people turn out to kickoff Obama voter registration drive
• AAUW – 2008 Student Leadership Conference Workshops

links for 2008-05-09

• Motivated young voters will make impact in ’08 election | NewsOK.com
• Internet Psychology: Social networks are the place to be by Graham Jones, Internet Psychologist
• Daily Kos: Using Twitter in a Political Organization
• SFBO Lobbying Young Super Delegates | Future Majority
• The $3 Trillion Shopping Spree
• CNN Student News Transcript: May 9, 2008 – CNN.com
• A vote for youth – Features
• 3.5million brings a Tear to my Eye | Future Majority
• wactivist.com: Mr. SuperEGO (dot) com
• UWire – Lobbyists for student issues face financial constraints on campus
• Obama Campaign Urges Online Audience To Lobby The Facebook Superdelegate Vote | Threat Level from Wired.com
• Daily Kos: Kossacks under 35: Ramblings of a 20-something
• Michigan Liberal::: Clinton rejects delegate compromise
• MoveOn Learns to Herd the Cats of User-Generated Content | New Politics Institute
• PolFeeds – News from Presidential Candidates, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House
• Daily Kos: NE-Sen: Last Day to Help Kleeb
• The Widening Gap – Campaign Stops – 2008 Elections – Opinion – New York Times Blog
• California’s Stake in the Integration of Immigrants – NAM
• SF Journal: A Banner Year?
• wactivist.com: More on Mr. Super Ego
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Obama HQ Blogger: National Voter Registration Kickoff Tomorrow
• blue oklahoma:: Another Missinformed Oklahoman
• Open Left:: Counter-Framing Voter ID: Voting is a Right, Not a Privilege

links for 2008-05-07

• Blog Well. Blog Tidwell.: Political Campaigning in a Web 2.0 World: Facebook and the Youth Vote
• KTUU.com | Alaska’s news and information source | Organizations join to energize youth vote
• Will Exams Cost Obama Student Votes? – WSJ.com
• Young voters poised to flex voting muscle – USATODAY.com
• The Youth Vote: Will Barack Obama’s Youth Voters Choose Him…Or Finals?
• A Better Deal (Everyday Citizen)
• e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » The Hillary Clinton Deathwatch Widget
• UWire – Wisconsin college student to help seat Dem. delegates
• We care too. Rappers Influence on the Election. « Youth Radio Flows
• Indiana Nuns Lacking Proper ID Turned Away From Polls – America’s Election HQ
• Obama Gives It the College Try—Again – America’s Election HQ
• IPDI » Blog Archive » Now this is transparent
• Rock the Vote Blog: Up By 12% and It’s Only May
• The Flash Mob Turns Five // A Gander At The 5 Coolest Flash Mobs | Make Something Happen
• Indiana and North Carolina Primary Preview | Future Majority
• Political Junkies Congregate and Comment on Election Results Through Twitter | Threat Level from Wired.com
• Clinton’s and McCain’s Gasoline Tax Holiday Reimagined as a Phishing Scam | Threat Level from Wired.com
• Breaking: Indiana Voters Turned Away (Everyday Citizen)
• Millennial Leaders » Blog Archive » Great White Paper by Mr. Youth Outlines the Five Rules to Engage the Gen Y Consumer
• Sallie Mae Predicted to Gain Market Share From Student-Loan ⊘Crunch – Chronicle.com
• YDA | Young Dems Help Cazayoux Win
• PIRG: Students Turned Away at Indiana Polls | Future Majority
• Daily Kos: NE-Sen: People Power in Nebraska
• The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – Photo-Illustrating Gays
• Professors Fight ‘Academic Freedom’ Bills That Question Science in 4 States – Chronicle.com
• UWire – Column: Youths ruin system by actually using right to vote
• UWire – Column: Hillary student supporters face ridicule on campuses
• UWire – Limos take William & Mary students to polls for local election
• CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive – Schneider: The age divide « – Blogs from CNN.com
• Young Voters Hold the Key
• UWire – Gore: Young minds hold solutions to climate crisis
• UWire – Arizona Students’ Association pushes textbook bill forward
• Democracy Corps: Youth for the Win | Future Majority
• e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Viral Coefficients And Political Freedom in Lebanon: Terrific Responses to Yesterday’s Facebook Story
• Success: Why You Should Turn Your Back On What Others Want You to Do | PickTheBrain | Smarter Self Improvement
• Open Left:: Core Dilemmas of Community Organizing: Privileged College Grads Need Low-paying, Fulfilling Jobs!
• Cotton Mouth: College Democrats speak up in MS-01
• Indiana and North Carolina Primary Results – Youth Vote | Future Majority
• CIRCLE – A nonpartisan research center studying youth civic engagement and civic education. » Featured: 434,000 Citizens Under the Age of Thirty Participate in Indiana and North Carolina Democratic Primary
• Rock the Vote Blog: Rocking the Hoosier-Heel Primary
• WireTap Magazine – Elections 2008: Indiana and North Carolina Outcomes
• Brightkite: A bright future for mobile social networking? | The Social – CNET News.com
• ‘Talkin’ bout My Generation’ : The Homeroom : Los Angeles Times
• Millennial Leaders » Blog Archive » Gen Y and Emerging Power of User-Generated Content
• Historic Gathering of Young Activists in Washington, D.C. to Address Economic Concerns Driving Youth Vote
• Contributing to Myanmar Relief Efforts – socialmedian
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Marc Peters’s Blog: We came out to vote yesterday
• The Hoosier-Heel Primary: Winners and Losers – The Fix
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Marc Peters’s Blog: An open letter to uncommitted College Dem superdelegates
• Operation Chaos and the Race “Divide” | Future Majority
• IAVA on GI Bill Vote Tomorrow | Future Majority
• Mad Mike Makes a Play for Obama Girl at PrezVid
• Ben Smith’s Blog – Politico.com – Leaning on the college Democrats

links for 2008-05-06

• Youth Vote Train Wreck? | Future Majority
• Recordnet.com: UOP puts its stamp on ’08 election
• Pacific News Center – Young Residents Exercise Their Right To Vote
• The Rebel Yell: Article: Winning over the youth
• Stephen Barr – Not Asked What They Can Do for Their Country – washingtonpost.com
• Open Left:: How Liberals Rule the Web
• The Sound of Young America: Podcast: The Ten Cent Plague: David Hajdu on Comic Book Censorship in the 1950s
• Hillary Clinton Supports Seriously Energy Dumb Gas Tax “Holiday” « It’s Getting Hot In Here
• Presidential race may feel impact of young voters | lansingstatejournal.com | Lansing State Journal
• mobilize.org – Mobilize.org Student Loan Crisis Brief We’re Broke, Let’s Fix It: The Student Loan Crisis and Its Impacts on the Millennial Generation

links for 2008-05-05

• Paly Voice: View Feedback for “Voter apathy still plagues young Americans”
• History Unfolding: Primary Colors
• Charisse: Youth vote no surge at polls – Evening Sun
• Ignore the Youth Vote at Your Own Peril
• To be young and voting | csmonitor.com
• BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » From organizing parties to protests
• e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Has Facebook Jumped the Shark as a Political Tool?
• Slashdot | Jack Thompson’s Letter To Take-Two Exec’s Mother
• Official Connecticut Young Democrats Blog » Blog Archive » Republican-proposed Poll Tax
• Employee Evolution: Stick to Business Analysis | Future Majority
• e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Will Binding Contracts Make Advocacy More Effective? Help Find Out
• Daily Kos: An Old Campaign In A New Digital Era
• WireTap Magazine – Our Rights: Voting Rights Under Assault
• Minnesota Campaign Report:: The Obama Generation
• YDA | Using Twitter in Your Chapter
• Has Facebook Jumped the Shark? | Future Majority
• Demos and Center for American Progress Announce Findings of ‘The Economic State of Young America’ and Analysis of Polls on Young Voter Attitudes About Economy
• Campaigning with Chelsea | Future Majority
• DeKalb Young Democrats – Save the Earth and Support DYD!
• 2008 Can Change Perceptions of the Youth Vote | Future Majority
• Democracy Corps » Youth For The Win!
• Kids and Congress – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
• As youth vote grows, politicians try to cash in | ScrippsNews
• Student Rewind: We Need You Indiana and North Carolina Students | American Election News
• He’s got 99 problems, but the youth vote ain’t one
• YDAJC Launches RJCWatch « YDA Jewish Caucus