next up: Netroots- July 7, 2008 The latest REV on the Change-Congress circuit happens in Austin, July 19. Cheap(er) registration available here (the benefits you get by hanging with such a connected guy here).http://lessig.org/blog/2008/07/next_up_netroots.html Self-Swiftboating- July 7, 2008 breaking my "focus" injunction: All signs point to an Obama victory this fall. If the signs are wrong, it will be because of events last month. These events constitute a so-far-unnamed phenomenon in Presidential campaigning -- what we could call "self-Swiftboating." To understand "self-Swiftboating," you've got to first understand "Swiftboating." Some use the term "Swiftboating" to refer to harsh, even vicious attacks on an opponent. I use the term in a more restrictive sense:...http://lessig.org/blog/2008/07/selfswiftboating.html |