Author: Edward Cone

Primary Concerns

The early returns are in and no voter fraud has been discovered in the wake of Maryland’s first statewide use of touch-screen electronic voting machines,

On Target

Happiness is a warm gun, said the Beatles, but what people really want is a warm gun maker. “Firearms are a lifestyle product,” says Sam

Requiem for a Dream

Internet politics, release 1.0, still has some bugs in it. The beta version powered Howard Dean to an early lead in the Democratic primary race.

The Marketing of the President 2004

In 1960, television revolutionized national politics. Now, the internet promises to do the same. By moving quickly to embrace web technologies, former vermont governor howard

Election Day, 2004

Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004—3 a.m. PSTThe final Democratic Party pre-election poll is in. The eVote projection shows President Bush ahead of former Vermont Governor Howard

The Marketing of a President

Zephyr Teachout sits at her computer in a dimly lit nook of the Dean for America headquarters in South Burlington, VT, and dreams of the

Are You Ready to Love Blogging?

The most powerful piece of software inside Microsoft may be a $40 application from a tiny vendor called Userland that Robert Scoble uses to write