WANTED: Al Gore Back in the White House

I came across an interesting website that was above and beyond the Democratic nature of this country. This site is dedicated to drafting Al Gore as President of the United States.

DraftGore.com is a grassroots organization that is trying to petition Al Gore to run for President. Supporters of Gore have created a large web based community (Over 100,000 strong) to support Al Gore and convince him to enter the 2008 Presidential Race. They are trying to recruit Gore enthusiasts by advertising, selling merchandise, keeping up-to-date news on Gore, petitioning, and writing letters to the Democratic Party and Mr. Gore himself.

This site is like nothing I have ever seen before. This site is an excellent example of the pursuit to the Democratic configuration that the United States claims to be seeking. It makes me feel thankful that we live in a country where we not only have the right to vote for our leaders, but also the freedom to nominate them as well.

Unity08: A Web Based Political Party

With a serious third party alternative primed for the 2008 election, it’s time to tell our politicians what Jon Stewart told the partisan pundits of CNN’s Crossfire -- "Stop hurting America!"-Unity08

Unity08 is an online community that is running as a third party during the Presidential race in 2008. This website is using the internet as a home base to inform voters of their platforms and recent news. The site also hosts blogs, polls, surveys, chats, and a Shoutbox that allows users to debate political issues.

Unity08 will be drafting nominees for President of the United States via the internet. The group is hosting the first ever online convention to elect a candidate for the 2008 race. A secure online vote will take place in June of 2008. Unity08 is giving qualifying everyday citizens a chance to campaign online and spread progressive ideas throughout the nation. If you are interested and fit the Constitutional requirements as a candidate for US President, you can run for the position. All you have to do is download the application and petition to get started.

Tracking the 2008 Campaign on the Web

PrezVid is a website created to track the 2008 Presidential Campaign on YouTube. PrezVid searches YouTube for influential, informative, and entertaining videos and archives the video on their website. As noted by Jeff Jarvis, the creator of PrezVid, this website is effective because:

• PresVid provides links to candidates that may have had an embarrassing moment or said something outrageous that the media would normally restrict from viewers.
  

• The viewer has an opportunity to view presidential commercials that were taken off air.

• It allows the presidential candidate to speak to viewers on an individual basis as well as for a longer time than a commercial. Here is a clip from Democratic candidate, Mike Gravel speaking to viewers: