Posts on ‘May 3rd, 2009’

Jack Kemp’s death offers perspective on Specter’s career.

This weekend, a noteworthy Republican passed away. Years before the contributors to this site were born, Jack Kemp left his professional football career to run for Congress. From 1971 to 1989, Jack Kemp served in the U.S. House of Representatives serving his adoptive hometown in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. Kemp served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during [...]

Examining Obama’s Online Campaign

Another in-depth look at the 2008 election, this time with a specific emphasis on Barack Obama’s social networking campaign online. This research project reflects the historical perspective I included in my previous project, but here, specifically emphasizes on what made Obama’s social network camapaigning so effective. Hopefully we can take these lessons and make the [...]