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Project Orca: How an IT Disaster Destroyed Republicans' Get-Out-The-Vote Effort

Syndicated from Slashdot on Fri, 2012-11-09

cheesecake23 writes "Many talking heads have attributed Obama's success to an unmatched 'ground game.' Now, inside reports from campaign volunteers suggest that Project Orca, a Republican, tech-based voter monitoring effort with 37,000 volunteers in swing states, turned out to be an epic failure due to dismal IT.

Nonpartisan Tax Report Removed After Republican Protest

Syndicated from Slashdot on Fri, 2012-11-02

eldavojohn writes "On September 14th a report titled 'Taxes and the Economy: An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945' (PDF) penned by the Library of Congress' nonpartisan Congressional Research Service was released to little fanfare.

Republican Platform To Include Internet Freedom Plank

Syndicated from Slashdot on Sat, 2012-08-25

First time accepted submitter jay.madison writes "The new Republican Party platform includes language which promises action to promote freedom on the Internet. The move is being driven by Rand Paul's libertarian wing of the party.

Wikipedia Edits Forecast Romney's Vice Presidential Pick

Syndicated from Slashdot on Wed, 2012-08-08

Hugh Pickens writes writes "In 2008, as The Washington Post wrote at the time, 'just hours before [Sen. John] McCain declared his veep choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, her Wiki page saw a flurry of activity, with editors adding details about Palin's approval rating and husband's employment. ...

Ron Paul Effectively Ending Presidential Campaign

Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2012-05-14

New submitter Dainsanefh sends this quote from the LA Times:
"Ron Paul, Mitt Romney's lone remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, announced Monday that he would stop spending money on the party's 11 remaining primaries, in effect suspending his campaign. ...

Santorum Suspends Presidential Campaign

Syndicated from Slashdot on Tue, 2012-04-10

bobwrit writes with this excerpt from CNN:
"Conservative challenger Rick Santorum announced Tuesday that he is suspending his Republican presidential campaign after a weekend of 'prayer and thought,' effectively ceding the GOP nomination to front-runner Mitt Romney.

Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science'

Syndicated from Slashdot on Tue, 2012-02-21

ndogg writes with news that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has counterattacked those critical of conservative views on science, saying that they're 'anti-science' themselves. From a CBS report:
"In his remarks Monday, Santorum went beyond his usual discussion of the importance of increasing domestic energy production to deliver a blistering attack on environmental activists.

How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SOPA

Syndicated from Slashdot on Fri, 2012-02-03

Hugh Pickens writes "Strengthening intellectual property enforcement has been a bipartisan issue for the past 25 years, but Stewart Baker writes in the Hollywood Reporter that when the fight went from the committees to the floor and Wikipedia went down, the Democratic and Republican parties reacted very differently to SOPA.

Mitt Romney, Robotics, and the Uncanny Valley

Syndicated from Slashdot on Wed, 2012-02-01

Hugh Pickens writes "Brian Fung writes in the Atlantic that one of Romney's electoral problems is that he occupies a kind of uncanny valley for politicians, inexplicably turning voters off despite looking like the textbook image of an American president.

Ask Slashdot: Which Candidates For Geek Issues?

Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2012-01-09

Okian Warrior writes "An oft-repeated sentiment on Slashdot is that we should change the situation by voting in better officials. An opinion that appears in nearly every political thread is: 'we're to blame because we elected these people.' On the eve of the first primary (in New Hampshire), I have to wonder: how can we tell the candidates apart?

Mayday - Arizona's immigration law takes center stage

Syndicated from Libcom on Tue, 2010-05-04

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