I was catching up on my stack of unread BusinessWeek's when I stumbled across an article entitled "Obama's Secret Digital Weapon." The article is about Blue State. Teaser paragraph:
Blue State was founded in 2004 by four former members of Howard Dean's Presidential campaign. Other firms were already selling software to help candidates raise money online. But Thomas Gensemer, a former venture capitalist who, at 31, is now Blue State's managing partner, says he and his associates wanted to use such tools to mobilize grassroots support for progressive candidates, causes, or products.