By Steve Huff 10/12/12 8:38pm

Troubling Developments

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Looks Like Someone Shot a Window at Obama’s Denver Campaign Offices

As the march toward November 6th intensifies, things might get weird. For example: someone apparently fired a shot into President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters in Denver Colorado on Friday afternoon, shattering a large window.

The Denver Post reports the incident occurred around 3 p.m. There were people in the offices at the time but no injuries were reported.

A reporter for Denver’s alt-weekly Westword tweeted a photo of the shattered window and his puzzled comment: Read More

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 9/18/12 3:28pm

Traffic Jams

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Mother Jones Metrics ‘Melted’ After Romney Meltdown

So, just how much traffic did Mother Jones receive to their website after publishing their blockbuster video of Mitt Romney?

“The traffic melted the needle of our live meter,” said Monika Bauerlein, an editor at the liberal magazine, when we reached her this afternoon. “Our metric software just couldn’t keep up.”

“But you know, online publishing metrics are kind of voodoo anyway,” she said.

Ms. Bauerlein noted that the video has gotten 2.4 million views – that they know of. Read More

By George W. Plunkitt 9/07/11 12:37pm

Indiscretions

Michelle Bachmann with her husband, Marcus, and her daughter, Elisa, in 2008.

The Bachmann Family Needs to Step Up Their Social Media Game

Michele Bachmann’s husband, Marcus, knows how to put on a pair of heels. How did we learn this fascinating tidbit about the spouse of the Minnesota Congresswoman and Republican Presidential candidate? We found it on Facebook courtesy of Bachmann’s daughter.

Bachmann’s staff clearly has some lessons left to learn about the internet. This apparent lack Read More