'Obama Girl': A Crush On Mike Gravel?

July 25, 2007

Remember Amber Lee Ettinger, the actress who became an online video sensation as "Obama Girl" a few weeks back?

Well, her latest role was as a video journalist at Monday's CNN/YouTube debate in Charleston, S.C. Presumably, she was in the "spin room" to interview the object of her affection, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. But Obama never showed (at least not while I was in the spin room), so Obama Girl had to settle for the likes of Mike Gravel.

Here are some other snapshots from the "spin room" after the debate, and you can check the new Flickr page for Technology Daily to see the rest of our photo coverage of the first user-generated presidential debate:

Actor Richard Schiff, who played Toby Ziegler on "The West Wing"

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of candidate John Edwards

Joe Trippi, adviser to John Edwards

Steve Grove, the news and politics editor at YouTube

Republican new media consultant David All, one of the bloggers granted access to the debate hall

Juliana Gruenwald

Tech Writer

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Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.

Josh Smith

Tech Reporter

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Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.

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