It’s The Internets, Stupid
Posted by Andy on May 21st, 2007
There’s a great piece in the Wa Po about how the GOP is falling further and further behind in the 21st Century battle ground for politics.
The key ‘graph which may explain it all.
But an underlying cause may be the nature of the Republican Party and its traditional discipline — the antithesis of the often chaotic, bottom-up, user-generated atmosphere of the Internet.
I’ve been pushing the point that Republicans need to learn to fight and deal with the internet and blogs. That is the future of politics. Sorry, but it is, like it or not, and well, you’re going to have to deal with it. We’re not going away and you cannot control everyone and everything.
Many conservatives find commeradery with talk radio and conservative blogs. We’re flocking to what we agree with, and going to the people saying what we want to hear. That should be a message to people in certain places. You cannot spin what we believe.
The internet is going to be crucial in 2008, and anyone running for office or a political party would be nuts to think what they did in the past is going to work this time around. The online landscape changes almost daily, and there is no one size fits all solution.
Oh, and posting press releases or family photos on a website is hardly an online presence. There’s more in my head, but well, I am not going to give it away.
Anyways, go read the whole thing.
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May 21st, 2007 at 7:34 am
“commeradery”?????? did you mean comradery? Sorry - I couldn’t resist!
Seriously - I think that is one reason why Senator Thompson’s run is generating so much buzz. When he has a new post up daily at RedState or Townhall or where-ever you know his message is getting out to the primary voter! It’s getting through to the people that will vote on Primary day.
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