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[readwriteweb] The biggest prize for the Democrats today is Texas, which has 193 pledged delegates at stake, and the winner of today's contest, where polls have Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in a dead heat, may be the one whose campaign has the best get out the vote effort. However, organizing a campaign across a state the size of Texas, both in terms of number of people and geographical size is a daunting task.

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[Portals and KM] How Barack Obama is Using Web and Enterprise 2.0 in the US Primary ...: “Get Started - First time visiting the site - Start here” - the page starts with - “From the entire Obama for America community in Texas-- staff, volunteers, and supporters -- we sincerely thank you for stepping up and taking responsibility for a piece of this movement”¦ (then it goes on after more welcoming) - Time is precious -- click here to get started now!” You go to a clear and detailed list of steps to take. - Step One - learn your role, Step Two - Call 20 voters using MyPrecinct (with many quick guides on effective calls), Step Three: Recruit Help (with more guidance).

[agencynext, Inc.] My Oh My Obama: Texas Field Ops Organized by Wikis: By Josh Catone at ReadWriteWeb, it is entitled, "How the Barack Obama Campaign Uses Wikis to Organize Volunteers." Couple of questions for you: 1.) How is it that politicians get this stuff ahead of most corporate types?

[Daily EM] links for 2008-03-10: the Obama campaign was using service called Central Desktop to power a public facing wiki to organize information for precinct captains in Texas

[Groupings] Use wikis to organise volunteers: Below are a few heavily edited snippets, but read the whole article at: How the Barack Obama Campaign Uses Wikis to Organize Volunteers. ”¦ organizing a campaign across a state the size of Texas, both in terms of number of people and .

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[.: GAFNO.com - Hot World News Blog :.] In a technological upset, Obama bests Clinton: Dick Durbin and Barack Obama, both Democrats, asked Congress to investigate the easy availability of airline pilot uniforms on the Internet after viewing a media report in which a reporter received a uniform without being asked for identification.”

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[The fastforward Blog] How Obama is Using Web (and Enterprise) 2.0 in the US Primary Campaign: The wiki based tool allowed for rapid content development in the few weeks leading up to the Texas campaign and then maintenance and updates by volunteers. Central Desktop has many permission levels so the content could not be spammed or trashed as sometimes happens in public wikis.

[Mike Power's 'Not A Blog'] He may not have 'invented' the web but he knows how to use it.: Though most users are business clients who utilize the software as a private intranet, the Obama campaign is using it to power a public facing wiki to organize information for precinct captains in Texas. The campaign is using the .

[Wired: Threat Level] ObamaCycle: A Craigslist for Obama Campaigners: He's created ObamaCycle, a new social networking site that enables the supporters of Illinois senator Barack Obama to re-cycle their campaign materials. It might not sound like much, but apparently there's a long backlog for these kinds .

[JJB Blog] Announcing obamasresume.org: but that’s why it’s a wiki! Head on over and help me fill it in, so that we can start sending it around to our well-meaning-but-tragically-uninformed Clinton-supporter friends in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, Rhode Island, Wyoming, and Missouri.

[techpresident] Daily Digest: Too Little Too Late for Clinton?: Another MySpace Impact poll of those highly-coveted “Millenials” shows Barack Obama with an overwhelming lead over Clinton in Ohio (61% to 39%) and a slight Clinton lead (51% to 46%) over Obama in Texas. John McCain and Mike Huckabee .