I am Alex White, a progressive campaign strategist, writer, social marketer and policy activist.
With only 44 days until the election, pundits in the USA are baffled by the lack of inroads made by the daisy-chain bombing of conservative advertising by the Republican Super PACs. Republican super PACs are about to face a potentially existential test of their reach and impact as the 2012 election cycle comes to a [...]
At the start of September, I’ll be embarking on a two month journey to campaign for Barack Obama as an Organising Fellow based in Boston. There’s no doubt that supporting Obama’s re-election is the right thing to do. Despite the many failings of the Obama administration (as Maurice Blackburn lawyer Lizzie O’Shea pointed out to [...]
If you haven’t heard, Nation Builder is an online content management system, donation platform and volunteer admin system all rolled into one. It has grown rapidly, due to its focus on serving political, advocacy and non-profit campaigns. Several unions in Australia (particularly in QLD) have started to use it for campaign sites. Two days ago, [...]
The Government should be forced to specifically justify this, not to just sweep it under the carpet and allow it to go through in the appropriations because by convention the Opposition doesn’t oppose the appropriations. I think we do need to take a very, very seriously critical look at this question of the debt ceiling. [...]
If you haven’t heard about Mitt Romney’s $10,000 bet, chances are you weren’t on Twitter during the Iowa GOP Candidates Debate on 10 December and the days following. Mitt’s bet is a good example of how social media is changing political news reporting. Since the dawn of time, political reports have listened hard for good [...]