TimmyHThe Year in Web Politics
January 6th 2009 22:17
Obama has transformed the use of the Internet in political campaigns--and he might do the same in governing.
The Web played a huge role in this year's presidential campaigns. On Election Day, Joe Trippi--a political consultant who deployed an Internet-centric strategy as Howard Dean's 2004 campaign manager during that year's elections--had this to say about Barack Obama's use of Web-based phone banks to get out the vote: "It's pretty amazing. It's come a long way in four years." (See "It's the Web, Stupid.") Trippi's comment could have been about how the Web revolutionized political campaigning in general.
By David Talbot
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Credit: Technology Review
The Web played a huge role in this year's presidential campaigns. On Election Day, Joe Trippi--a political consultant who deployed an Internet-centric strategy as Howard Dean's 2004 campaign manager during that year's elections--had this to say about Barack Obama's use of Web-based phone banks to get out the vote: "It's pretty amazing. It's come a long way in four years." (See "It's the Web, Stupid.") Trippi's comment could have been about how the Web revolutionized political campaigning in general.
By David Talbot
READ MORE HERE
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