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Quick Hits: Digital Natives, Delusional Prop 8ers, and Yet More Republican Dirty Tricks

  • AlterNet reviews Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives. It's on my Amazon Wish List.
  • Medill News Service chats with the first Congressperson born in the 1980s. Surprise - he's a Republican.
  • The Albany Project alerts us to Republican efforts to challenge student votes in a special election in Queens. The students are being subpoenaed and dragged into court to have their ballots challenged.
  • Hah! Supporters of Prop 8 think that young voters will learn to hate teh gay as they get older and start their own families, thus ensuring the "sanctity of marriage" for a long time to come. Sorry guys. Enjoy your victory while you can. You're going to lose this one in the long run.
  • In this video panel, the Center for American Progress asks the Colbertian question: 2008 - a great web campaign, or the greatest web campaign?
  • The National Journal credits youth, African Americans and Latinos with driving the increase in voter turnout and swinging the election.
  • The authors of Millennial Makeover have some thoughts on how to continue engaging Obama's supporters now that the election is over.
  • Larry Lessig on Change.gov's shiny new Creative Commons License.
  • Andrew Gelman plots the support of Republican Presidential candidates by age going back to 1988. His graph shows some interesting trends. Go check it out.
  • Kansas Jackass notes that the local GOP is running claiming around that Obama won Kansas youth because young people are dumb. You stay classy, GOP.
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December 2nd, 2008 11:54am
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