Newsweek has the story. Apparently they grew into consultants for other Democratic candidates.

Three years later, Rospars has emerged as one of a core group of Dean Internet staffers using the lessons of ‘04 to help ‘08 contenders do better. The hope: that smart Web 2.0 tools, stronger candidates and a more-wired electorate will enable their new clients to succeed where Dean failed—in winning the White House.

With growing calls from candidates CNN has decided to allow its debate coverage to hit the Internet without restrictions. That is wonderful news for Web sites & Internet forums like Election Geek.

Due to the historical nature of presidential debates and the significance of these forums to the American public, CNN believes strongly that the debates should be accessible to the public. The candidates need to be held accountable for what they say throughout the election process. The presidential debates are an integral part of our system of government, in which the American people have the opportunity to make informed choices about who will serve them. Therefore, CNN debate coverage will be made available without restrictions at the conclusion of each live debate.

Google often gets a chance for its company heads and employees to sit with prominent people and ask questions. Yesterday Sen. John McCain was added to the list of visitors.

McCain fielded questions about the Iraq war, Darfur, Net Neutrality & other topics during the sit-down of Authors@GOOGLE.

You can also see video of Sen. Hillary Clinton who sat down for a Women@Google meeting.

TechPresident has an article about the drama surrounding Barack Obama’s MySpace.

Apparently a staffer setup the page way back in ‘04. Once the campaign became official the 160,000+ friends became important and so they asked the staffer for access to the page. He gave them a price it would take to get it, they balked and ever since things have been in turmoil.

Is the fight for celebrities & politicians cyber presence guaranteed to them or will we continue to live in a world where anyone can be Hillary Clinton, John McCain or Barack Obama in the virtual world?

From ABC News:

According to the webblog TechCrunch, which tracks new Internet products and sites, McCain’s MySpace page profile included a pranked letter on Tuesday morning that read: “Dear Supporters, Today I announce that I have reversed my position and come out in full support of gay marriage … particularly marriage between two passionate females.”

On his own website, the co-founder of Newsvine, Mike Davidson, claimed responsibility for pulling the prank.

Davidson claims that he designed the MySpace template that McCain is using and usually lets anyone use it for free as long as they give attribution.

However, apparently McCain didn’t give him credit and Davidson sought retribution.

“I think the idea of politicians setting up MySpace pages and pretending to actually use them is a bit disingenuous, so I figured it was time to play a little prank on Johnny Mac,” writes Davidson.

Also see techPresident for more.