I love it when video personalities step out of their roles for a bit and engage their viewers one-on-one. In case you missed it, TV Sqaud Daily’s Brigitte Dale took some time out of her regular Friday vlogcast to answer some questions from her viewers. Enjoy! -Kent, Yahoo! video Team […]

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Environmentalist Dan Sharp talks about why you should replace your incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. Bravo’s Winning FormulaKelsey Hubbard takes a look at the Bravo channel’s popular reality programming, like a new behind-the-scenes show about Paula Abdul. Sell and Buy Home and Garden, Landscaping, Farm Equipment, Lawns, Home Materials and more!! Home and Garden […]

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Social Media Aids GOP Candidate Ron Paul
The Washington Post ran this article last month about how GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has become a big name on the web thanks to social media sites like Digg and video sharing website like YouTube. No one’s more surprised at this robust Web presence than Paul himself, a self-described “old-school,” “pen-and-paper guy” who’s serving his 10th congressional term and was the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president in 1988. “To tell you the truth, I hadn’t heard about this YouTube and all the other Internet sites until supporters started gathering in them,” confessed Paul, 71, who said that he’s raised about $100,000 after each of the three debates. Not bad considering that his campaign had less than $10,000 when his exploratory committee was formed in mid-February. “I tell you I’ve never raised money as efficiently as that, in all my years in Congress, and all I’m doing is speaking my mind.” That means saying again and again that the Republican Party, especially when it comes to government spending and foreign policy, is in “shambles.” But while many Democrats have welcomed the young and fresh-faced Obama, who’s trailing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in most public opinion polls, Paul is barely making a dent in the Republican polls. Republican strategists point out that libertarians, who make up a small but vocal portion of the Republican base, intrinsically gravitate toward the Web’s anything-goes, leave-me-alone nature. They also say that his Web presence proves that the Internet can be a great equalizer in the race, giving a much-needed boost to a fringe candidate with little money and only a shadow of the campaign staffs marshaled by Romney, McCain and former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. A month later it looks like all that web popularity has turned into cash for web star Ron Paul. Ron Paul raised $2.4 million in the second quarter. That doesn’t make him a top contender but it does keep him in the race and it is shows that web popularity means something. CNN reports that Ron Paul now has more cash on hand than John McCain. Ron Paul has been popular because his ideas on the Iraq War and foreign policy differ greatly from the views held by Bush administration and the other GOP candidates. One of the most popular Ron Paul YouTube videos is this video (there are several versiosn of it) where he talks about a policy of non-intervention and takes on better known GOP candidate Rudy Giuliani. This video has the most views with over 250,000. YouTube returns 26,400 videos for a Ron Paul search. He is also a popular topic on Digg, Reddit and other social networks. There are also numerous blogs from his supporters including Daily Paul, Ron Paul 2008, Rescue US, Unofficial Ron Paul 2008 Blog, Americans for Ron Paul Blog, Ron Paul 2008 NYC, Friends of Ron Paul, All Ron Paul, Ron Paul 2008, Students for Ron Paul, Ron Paul President 2008, Ron Paul Revolution, Belgians for Ron Paul, Ron Paulitics, RonPaulQuest, Americas Braveheart Ron Paul 2008, Go Run Paul, Ron Paul Daily News and Ron Paul Blog. Wired also has an article about Ron Paul’s web popularity. Posted in Politics Permalink | Recent Headlines | WWFeeds.com

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