We may believe that his campaign announcement is far behind schedule, but Fred Thompson's team has been ahead of the game in snapping up internet resources to assist in his campaign.

Yet a late start and signs that Mr. Thompson may adopt an unconventional campaign style — limiting in-person appearances by making extensive use of blogging and online video — could crimp the television actor’s ability to raise money over the long haul. He has suggested he isn’t enamored of leaving his family for long stretches of campaign travel. The question is whether an Internet campaign will help him raise money quickly or leave big donors cold.

A Republican (albeit retired) joins the call to the RNC and DNC with this letter to Chairman Mel Martinez.

There's been a push by many on both sides of the aisle to pressure networks to license the Presidential debates under Creative Commons, which would free them from the automatic copyright protection bestowed upon taped news, and allow those of us planning to cover and criticize the freedom to do so without having to make legal arguments in favor of our fair use of the material, so long as we attributed the content to its source. So far, the RNC and DNC have been silent, and while three Democratic candidates are in favor of the initiative, this is the first Republican whose voice we've heard.

This is late in coming, but since it was such a great idea, it deserves some applause. Tony Blair congratulated new French PM Nicolas Sarkozy via YouTube...in French.

I know, I could have made it easy on you, and directed you to the English version, but for two reasons: one, its great to see world leaders interacting on such a personal basis (even with each other), and two, to illustrate how Web 2.0 is truly forming a global online community. 10 Downing Street just opened up its own YouTube account--perhaps learning from David Cameron, the leader of the British Conservative Party, whose two-minute television programs, WebCameron, have become a YouTube sensation.

I'm everyones "Republican friend."

"Hipsters" have those, you know--their one token Republican friend--who, like their one token Adam Ant MP3, has a special place in their heart, and who, like their Che Guevara tee shirt, is just an accessory. We're common, though, or at least more common than you'd believe based on our bad press, and the general consensus (helped along by general observation), but seem to find each other in internet support groups, Federalist societies where we share the stage with David Spade-in-PCU, the clearance racks in Urban Outfitters among the cast-off Kaffiyeh-patterned henley shirts and the "More Candy Less War" (is there a less cognitive statement?) tee shirts that didn't sell to the grad students. Were not a breed that just doesn't exist, but like David pointed out in his manifesto yesterday, we're a breed of people who had to be pulled kicking and screaming from the darkness of liberal arts colleges, neo-hippie cause rallies and the subliminal pull of political statements made in the context of Death Cab for Cutie listening parties. We felt that inward contempt for authority and acted on it, with the added benefit that we don't have to listen to NPR.