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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 04:12 PM
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Hillary Clinton's Internet Director, Peter Daou, & His Team --->>>
Edited on Tue Aug-21-07 04:23 PM by Stephanie

FYI




http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/06/sen_clintons_courts_blogospher.html

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has pulled off a major coup in her evolving relationship with the liberal blogosphere.

She has hired Peter Daou, author of the Daou Report (a blog on Salon.com) and the director of blog operations for the 2004 presidential campaign of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. Daou will join Clinton's senate race fundraising committee, "Friends of Hillary."

In a post announcing his new job, Dauo said that "as a true believer in the importance of , I'm thrilled about Senator Clinton's interest in building this bridge with the online community and I intend to do everything I can to make it as productive as possible." As a "blog advisor" to Clinton, Daou will seek "to facilitate and expand her relationships with the netroots," he said.

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Clinton's decision to bring on Daou -- coupled with the hiring of Jesse Berney, another liberal blogger -- shows a recognition on her behalf that blogs will play a crucial role in choosing the 2008 Democratic nominee and that she has work to do in the courtship of this increasingly important interest group.






http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/24/politics/main2395622.shtml

Clinton entered the presidential race by posting a Web video. And to run its Web operation, her campaign scooped up at least four political bloggers, including Peter Daou, who worked on Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign and blogs for Salon and the Huffington Post.

"Internet and technology has become an integral part of politics, and it is a great way for Sen. Clinton to have a conversation with people," Daou, the campaign's Internet director, told CBSNews.com producer Christine Lagorio. "It is a wonderful democratic medium that allows people to connect with each other and with the campaign."

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Bloggers are playing an increasingly significant role in presidential campaigns. Clinton has plucked Daou, along with Crystal Patterson (from DailyKos), Jesse Berney (who ran DNC blog operations in 2004) and Judd Legum (of Think Progress).





http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302546_pf.html

At Clinton headquarters in Arlington, integration means that Daou, who leads the Internet department's staff of 10, is considered a senior staffer but answers to the communications director. Daou reports to Howard Wolfson, who reports to Patti Solis Doyle, Clinton's campaign manager.






http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/07/on_the_download_32.html

July 30, 2007
On The Download: Million Dollar Web Campaigns
It's time to welcome Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney to the million-dollar club, as both presidential candidates have now spent at least $1 million on their Internet operations so far this year.

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Hillary Clinton
Firms ($1,207,730 total): NGP Software, Inc ($700,725), Mayfield Strategies ($507,005).
Staff ($178,400 total): Jesse Berney, Peter Daou, Nancy Eiring, Sarah Foy*, Recardo Gibson*, Jess O'Connell*, Crystal Patterson, Kevin Thurman.
Minimum total: $1,386,130.






http://www.ontimefundraiser.com/index.php?mod=news&cmd=article&id=2

In 2004, the Dean camp and its followers used MeetUp to connect supporters; now, there’s MySpace, Facebook, Second Life and Eventful. Campaigns increasingly mine these social networks in an effort to connect with new voters.

And while some candidates would earlier want to get in touch with DailyKos, with its vast readership, they now also know that if they roll out a health care plan, for example, that the campaigns need to make sure those proposals find their way onto health blogs, Mr. Trippi said. Peter Daou, the Internet campaign director for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, pointed to the message boards on AARP’s Web site, for example, as proof of another audience, or the readership of UrbanBaby.






http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/3933.html

“To most bloggers, authenticity is an important criterion. There is an allergic reaction to hypercautious politicians,” The Huffington Post’s Arianna Huffington wrote in an e-mail. “Hillary Clinton’s problem with the blogosphere is that she has been so calculating that you can smell it. Every thought has been processed through multiple channels in her and her consultants’ brains. It’s so fabricated.”

Exacerbating this criticism is Clinton’s standing as an inside-the-Beltway politician. Her employment of high-profile consultants such as pollster Mark Penn has drawn the condemnation of the blog community that sees this as the root cause of her cautious politicking. Most bloggers shun the label “anti-establishment.” But many blame the D.C.-insider, consultant-based method of campaigning that Clinton is utilizing for the Democrats’ (recently ended) political dry spell.

What effect opinions like these will have on the primary or general elections is unclear. In an April 2007 Daily Kos poll, Clinton received only 3 percent of the site users’ support. And yet, a Cook/RT Strategies national poll around the same time had her winning 36 percent of the potential Democratic vote.

Even veterans of online politics caution against overvaluing the blogosphere’s significance. “Candidates have been obsessing about bloggers and ignoring their base,” said Zack Exley, director of online organizing and communications for the 2004 John Kerry campaign. “The candidates need to make a direct connection with their base and turn that base on and get the $100 million.”

Clinton has made her share of plays for blogosphere support. She hired as her blog adviser Peter Daou, who in 2004 was the Kerry presidential campaign’s director of online response and blog outreach. She also brought onboard Jesse Berney, a prominent liberal blogger who worked for four years at the Democratic National Committee writing and editing Web and e-mail content.





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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 04:21 PM
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1. Hillary & Mitt have each spent $1 million on their Internet operations?
Edited on Tue Aug-21-07 04:22 PM by annabanana
Jeez. . HOW?
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saracat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 04:24 PM
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2. Thats a lotta posts! Snark!
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 04:27 PM
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3. She calls this a coup?
"She has hired Peter Daou, author of the Daou Report (a blog on Salon.com) and the director of blog operations for the 2004 presidential campaign of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry."

Yeah he did such a great job that Kerry LOST TO G.W.BUSH. The worst president in history, and please don't come at me with the "Kerry really won" crap, he should have beat Bush so soundly that there was no way to steal it. Thanks to his handlers and his help on the "blogsphere" from people like Daou he got his ass kicked.

What is up with these Dems? They keep hiring these people with losing track records. Wasn't it Bob Shrum who kept getting work from Dems even though he had lost like 5 campaigns in a row?

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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 12:42 AM
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23. But they pay them a lot of money!
So that must mean they're good.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 04:54 PM
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4. Savvy campaigning in my opinion.
Edited on Tue Aug-21-07 04:55 PM by citizen_jane
Every candidate should be seeding the net in their favor.
The net is changing the way ideas are 'put out there for the
masses'.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3465151&mesg_id=3465198

edit spelling
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 04:57 PM
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5. do you think everyone is aware that it's happening?
I don't.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 05:07 PM
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7. Probably not...
most people are not very tuned in to the ins and
outs of political campaigning at all.
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antigop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 05:05 PM
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6. Would "expanding her relationship with the netroots" include paying people to post .....
on Internet message boards?
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 05:13 PM
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8. shhhh!
you could be deleted and locked for mentioning that! recant!
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antigop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 05:15 PM
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9. For mentioning what? Sorry...I asked a legitimate question. n/t
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 05:16 PM
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10. sorry, I forgot the sarcasm thingy. here it is >
:sarcasm:
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antigop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 05:17 PM
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12. Well, it's a legitimate question, isn't it? n/t
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 05:18 PM
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13. yes it is n/t
.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 11:59 AM
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26. Just wait- now you are gonna get the "tinfoil hat" posts
and the "That's the most crazy thing I have ever seen on DU" posts.... Proving your point....
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 02:55 PM
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28. Don't forget the 'if you don't support Hillary, you're a misogynist' posts
;)
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 04:11 PM
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30. Do not say ANYTHING about Hillary!
Or I will accuse you of BASHING her! Poor, poor Hillary.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 05:16 PM
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11. I love Daou at Salon, but I'm not sure I've seen any ROI for him being with Clinton.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 05:31 PM
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14. well there goes the theory that "hillary is 44"is a clinton organization...


so hillary is buying her way into the hearts and minds of the netroots? money can`t buy you love honey...
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 06:42 PM
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15. She's not looking for love , honey
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 11:37 PM
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22. That's good
Since she won't be getting any from many people.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 11:17 AM
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35. She has the "Big MO"..........Money will buy you that...n/t
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 11:55 AM
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36. Yeah but, will that big MO buy her votes?
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DancingBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 08:27 PM
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16. Daou is the former "PeteNYC" who posted here
Remember all his great "insight"?

Yeah, me too.

Another joke, another circus carney at the ready.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 09:28 PM
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19. Oh good lord, are you kidding me?
I remember when he left to work on the Kerry campaign, but I never put it together!
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 08:12 AM
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33. Yep.....he's Pete NYC who used to post here.... n/t
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 04:17 PM
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31. He probably won't
come back as PeteNYC this go around.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 07:57 AM
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32. I'm sure he's already here.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 08:29 PM
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17. Food for thought.
Thanks.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:47 AM
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24. Hi Friend!
It's getting really creepy around here. How you doing?
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 08:43 PM
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18. Pretty Smart On Her Part. Obviously The Netroots Will Play A Far More Significant Role This
election, so it's a good move for any candidate to reach out to them.
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 09:56 PM
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20. Pete's good people.
Best of luck to him and the team.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 09:57 PM
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21. I wish him no luck at all.
And I'd be curious to know who's on his team, aside from those named above.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 08:15 AM
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34. Yes....he's not an enemy of DU'ers or anything. He's just doing his job
and he wrote some very good articles for Salon about the Candidates and the Internet when Kerry lost.
Rather have him on our side than the Dark Side, but he's doing what he does as a Political Operative/Consultant. If that's working for a candidate that some of us aren't favoring, then that's okay, too.
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loudsue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:41 AM
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25. So...
this dude has been hired for a brazillion dollars to put lipstick on a pig? Fancy that.

:kick:
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 02:48 PM
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27. Is it working?
:hi:
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 03:15 PM
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29. Only for the weak minded.
Most of us have developed the skills necessary to separate the turds from the truffles.

Those few still embracing the DLC/NewDems are olfatorialy impaired.
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