The Wall Street Journal's Emily Steel highlights a fascinating example of a seemingly new online tactic we focused on yesterday when it came to DNC's new "Count the Lies" compendium. Let's call it pushback by proxy; "How can graphic designers best support Barack Obama?" That question was the inspiration for a new project that aims to mine the talent of the more artistically-gifted Obama fans among us; Next Friday kicks off the start of the McCain-Obama debates, and Current TV will be trying out a new way of framing the match-ups: overlaying Twitter traffic over the feed; McCain policy advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin tried making the case this morning that McCain's long-time service on the Senate Commerce Committee gives him tech cred. "He did this," said Holtz-Eakin, holding up his BlackBerry. The "John McCain invented the BlackBerry" joke writes itself, but we're not going to make it; and much, much more.

MoveOn announces the winner of its Obama ad contest; Andrew Sullivan, the web, and the fight against obedience, submission, and authoritarianism; a videoblogger asks, where is Ralph Nader's party and organization?; LisaNova nails a Hillary/Sunset Blvd. impression; Surrender Hillary is popping up across the land; two candidate Twitter feeds aggregate Twitter-chatter about the candidates; and George Bush submits to his first online-only (but not live) interview.

Cindy McCain steals recipes from the web!; Jay Rosen has it out with members of the MSM covering Bittergate; Aaron Swartz launches the excellent watchdog.net; a new vid pairs John McCain with George Bush, again; the Obama campaign calls McCain and Clinton on their lobbyist connections; and the Nader campaign enters the 21st century with a pretty good YouTube video. Leave Ralph Nader alone!