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Pop-up Politician widget

January 13th, 2008

Add an info card to any politician you write about

Sunlight Labs offers an easy to insert JavaScript that will display an information pop-up about any Politician that you may write about.

Here is the script

<script src="http://sunlightlabs.com/widgets/sunlightlinks_autopop.js"></script>

Simply paste the JavaScript into your template. Then make sure to follow the guidelines below.

Just add the proper prefix (e.g., “Rep.”, “Representative”, “Sen.”, “Senator”) to a politicians name in the text of your pages. The first occurance of a politician receives a sun link and popup bubble. Examples: Rep. George Millerâ˜¼ and Representative Gwendolynne S. Moore.â˜¼

The info card (popup bubble) displays a small amount of information about the politician you are writing about. The card also contains links to Congressional page, voting record and campaign finance profile.

This widget is an effective tool to shed light on politicians workings and adds a new dimension to the rich resources that bloggers are delivering daily.

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New Years Revolution badge for Ron Paul

December 20th, 2007

A new mass donation event for Ron Paul

The rising popularity of the Ron Paul Revolution seems to be spawning organized mass donation efforts more frequently.

Here seems to be one of the newest events that I have seen. It is timed to happen when people will be nursing a hangover or at least spending a few extra minutes in bed after watching the ball drop.

(The code for this banner seems to have some extra formatting options that include image size. This part displayed as code under the banner and had to be removed. I think it is unnecessary code, as the banner image needs no resizing or sizing attributes.)

So far there appears to be only one banner to grab and promote. I want to suggest more banners. Just because people like to have choices.

Suggestion
I would also like to suggest a banner that links directly to the Ron Paul Campaign donation page. The banner should have big, bold text that simply says “New Years Revolution for Ron Paul” with perhaps the stars and bars in the background.

The author of newyearsrevolution08.com would do well to copy the success that has already been achieved by Trevor Lyman. Both the thisnovember5th.com and teaparty07.com were hugely successful. (if it ain’t broke…don’t fix it!)

Opinion
I think an integral part of that success was due in part to the sign up pledge and a running total of those pledges. This got me back to both pages in order to see the progress. Please consider adding this to your site as well as a larger link to the donation page. Also…keep up the relentless promotion of this mass donation event. Just make sure to stop far short of spamming!