I would like to congratulate the winners of the 2008 Golden Dot Awards, which were announced Tuesday, March 4 at the 2008 Politics Online Conference. This year was a great success for the Golden Dot Awards as we democratized both the nominating and voting process, bringing it to the public via the Internet. There were over 100 nominations and saw 4,000 votes in only a 5 business day-long time period.

Without further ado, here are the winners:

Technology Impact Moment of the Year- Ron Paul 4.2 Million Dollar Money BombOnline Politician - Obama
Online Dream Team - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Best Website: Federal Candidate- Barack Obama
Best Website: State and Local Candidate- Daniel Biss
Best Website: Issue Advocacy Campaign- Team Darfur
Best EGovernment - Globalwarming.house.gov (Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming)
Best ECampaign Blog - Biss Blog
Best Political Coverage Blog - Marc Ambinder
Best Issues/Advocacy Blog - TreeHugger
Best Mobile/Text Message Campaign - Obama HOPE Campaign
Best Podcast - NYTimes on Politics
Best Networked Campaign - Barack Obama
Best Vlog - Playbook TV (James Kotecki)
Best Political Web Video - Yes, We Can
Best Political Animation/Mashup - In the Year 2007, JibJab
Best Online Collective Action Effort - Congresspedia
Best Online GOTV - Barack Obama
Best Online Political Application - I am Smoke Free, (Facebook Application)
Poli-Tech Innovator of the Year - Steve Grove, YouTube Politics
Best Political Advertising Campaign - Hillary Sopranos Ad

Congratulations again. If you have any suggestions for future iterations of the Golden Dot awards please send me an email at akellner@ipdi.org.

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