Last night, while I was still in town for meetings, I visited the Social Media Club in Dallas. The topic of discussion was social media’s effect on political campaigns. Two of the main issues were the Dallas mayoral election and if the blogosphere can influence the upcoming Presidential campaigns at this stage of its growth.

In the Dallas mayoral election, one of the candidates is a guy named Zac Crain. He is considered a longshot because his previous job was music editor of the Dallas Observer……not exactly groomed for the oval office or anything. However, because he has embraced the internet as his soapbox, he is beginning to gain steam. His campaign is very progressive and is probably an indicator of what is to come in the mainstream political process.

On the national level of the Presidential campaign, we looked at Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Howard Dean. Check out Barack’s website and tell me if the icons remind you of a similar look. I wonder who the target market is for that feature - my.barackobama.com??

Finally, it is time for me to give some shout-outs. Here are some of the people I met last night….they were Tony Wright of Kinetic Results, Jake McKee of Big in Japan, Sunni Thompson of Advertising Ourselves to Death, and A. Blaine Collins of Stronger Teams.

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