Chris Bowers

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Chris Bowers (born January 23, 1974) is a blogger for

DailyKos and a manager of their email list.[1] He was a blogger and co-founder of OpenLeft, and was until July 2007 a front-page blogger for MyDD
. His focus is on polling and data-driven analysis of US politics, as well as of the blogosphere.

Bowers was a member of the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee, representing the 8th district of the

Washington D.C. He is a former union organizer, and a strong supporter of organized labor.[citation needed
]

Bowers has overseen netroots surveys that he says demonstrate that progressive Internet activists are driven more by partisanship and pragmatism than far-left ideology, and that show bloggers are influential on rank and file Democrats.[2][3]

John Edwards Staff-Blogger Controversy

In February 2007, Bowers stated "I have a pretty vicious rant and an important

William Donohue and the blogger employed by Republican Presidential candidate John McCain, Patrick J. Hynes. Bowers reported[6] some success in these efforts in that several media outlets (including the Associated Press
) did report on the items Bowers suggested were relevant.

Other notable activities

In 2006, Bowers and Matt Stoller took over BlogPAC from Markos Moulitsas and Jerome Armstrong.[7] BlogPAC was active until 2012.

During the 2006 election, Bowers again came into the spotlight for two internet campaigns he initiated. The first was called "Use It or Lose It" where he and other bloggers analyzed the FEC reports for "safe" Democrats and implored them to donate some of their campaign finance reserves to other Democratic candidates in more competitive elections. As a result of this campaign, several Democrats did donate additional money, including John Kerry and Barney Frank. Bowers estimated the effort generated a minimum of $2.3 million for Democrats in competitive campaigns from "safe" Democrats.[8][9][10]

The second campaign in 2006 was a

Flip Flop
search terms returning biographies of George W. Bush and John Kerry during the 2004 election, by returning only serious and factual articles about the targets. .[11][12][13]

Bowers is a Fellow at the Commonweal Institute.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Kicking up our action efforts: email list". dailykos.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  2. ^ Netroots Survey Part 1 Archived October 25, 2006, at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  3. ^ Netroots Survey Part 2 Archived December 14, 2006, at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  4. ^ Waiting To Hear From Edwards Archived February 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ This Isn't Over Archived February 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Keep Piling On The Pressure Archived September 23, 2008, at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  7. ^ "BlogPAC", DailyKos, June 5, 2006
  8. ^ Use-It-Or-Lose-It Archived December 13, 2006, at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  9. ^ Peter Overby. Blogs Dole Out Shame for Incumbents Who Don't Share, All Things Considered, NPR, 2006-10-26.
  10. ^ Democrats Urge Their Flush Candidates to Share the Wealth, The New York Times
  11. ^ Googlebomb posts on MyDD Archived December 14, 2006, at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  12. ^ Google Bombing Politicians, ABC News
  13. ^ A New Campaign Tactic: Manipulating Google Data, New York Times
  14. ^ Commonweal Institute Staff and Fellows list.

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