Just as the national debate heats up, the NDN team is stepping up, taking our arguments to the airwaves at an impressive rate.
Last Friday Rob was on CNBC, I was on Fox and Alicia on Dylan Ratigan's MSNBC show. Yesterday Rob was on Fox, and today he appeared on both the BBC and CNBC. Tonight Alicia returns to Larry King, and tomorrow I will be on Fox in the afternoon. All in all it will be eight appearances in just four days, on all three cable networks, and even a spot on the venerable Larry King.
And our economic policy analyst Jake Berliner has also begun to get in rotation, and is doing a particularly good job.
I am very proud of the air time the NDN is getting. At a time of national struggle, it is critical that mature, modern voices take the to airwaves, and engage in the critical debate about our future now playing out 24/7 on cable news. Our team keeps getting invited back because we have something to say, are not afraid of the fight, and stick to our guns.
And be sure to catch Alicia tonight on Larry King talking about the important AZ and FL primaries, and the broader lay of the land. I will be Fox at 230pm tomorrow. And look for more to come....
Wed AM Update - Will be on Fox today around 230. If you see it would love your feedback.
Simon will be on MSNBC today with Norah O'Donnell. Tune in at 3:35, and see Simon as the Democratic strategist opposite Phil Musser, who will represent the conservative perspective.
If you just can't wait, check out below a video from Simon's appearance on Neil Cavuto's show on Fox News.
Alan Boyle, MSNBC.com's Science Editor, had a terrific report today on what will no doubt be President-elect Barack Obama's tech-savvy Administration.
In his CosmicLog post, Boyle quoted Simon at length about what we can expect from "The Wired White House:"
Rosenberg said it will be common for government agencies to host videos and blogs (as the Transportation Security Administration does already).
"You're going to see competition at the weekly Cabinet meeting between the DHS secretary and the HHS secretary over who had more views on their YouTube video, and who had more comments on their blog," he said.
Global Webcasting of presidential addresses and press briefings - perhaps translated into multiple languages - is likely to become routine. That policy could well filter down to other governmental agencies and even other governments, Rosenberg said.
He pointed to the example of David Cameron, the leader of Britain's Conservative Party, who stars in a series of "Webcameron" videos that touch upon his party's policies as well as his personal life. "You can watch videos of him washing dishes in his sink," Rosenberg said.
Boyle also included Simon's vlog on how we can expect Obama to reivent the presidency. You can watch it here:
Boyle also interviewed Scott Goodstein, who was a guest panelist at yesterday's NDN/New Politics (NPI) forum on the New Politics in the Age of Obama:
Scott Goodstein, who served as external online director at Obama for America, was in charge of attracting millions of social networkers to the cause via Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other gathering places in cyberspace. "I was very lucky and fortunate to have a campaign that was willing to take the time and opportunity to recognize the power of viral communication and more information about these social networks," he told me.
Goodstein said the secret of success lay in taking advantage of the networking tools already being used by a rapidly increasing proportion of the population: computers, cell phones and other mobile devices. "Usually, campaigns are 10 or 15 years behind other consumer trends," he said.
For instance, one of the tools devised for the campaign was a downloadable application that could turn an iPhone into a hand-held political operative. "We were able to organize people's address books based on who their friends were in battleground states," Goodstein said. The campaign could also send out messages tailored to different geographic areas.
Simon and Scott, the External Online Director for Obama for America, were joined at the standing room-only forum by Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, and Tim Chambers, long-time NDN/NPI collaborator, co-founder of the Media 50 Group and Principal at Dewey Digital.
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama is covering all of his bases. He did his 30-minute network gigs last night, then headed over to the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Today he sat down with Rachel Maddow, a self-avowed, liberal wonk who is redefining the so-called liberal media. Check out American Propsect's recent write-up of the Channel Changer and tune in to Maddow and Obama:
Simon will be on MSNBC today with Norah O'Donnell. Tune in at 3:35, and see Simon as the Democratic strategist opposite Phil Musser, who will represent the conservative perspective.
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