Comments on: GOP needs to catch up to Obama's Web savvy http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/20/gop-needs-to-catch-up-to-obamas-web-savvy/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mary V., Salt Lake City, UT http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/20/gop-needs-to-catch-up-to-obamas-web-savvy/comment-page-1/#comment-470139 Mary V., Salt Lake City, UT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:10:53 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=16941#comment-470139 Not only catch up on Obama's web savvy, but stop with their ..... Lies, hate, fear and division mongering! As long as the Republican party is held hostage by Limbaugh, Hannity, OReilly, Savage, Reagan..... 'Faux News" and the rest of the hate-mongers they will not win back the graces of the American people! The Republicans with Rove at the helm, gambled on hate, and lost. They do not get .... that the vast majority of Americans are moderate, fair-minded, thinking people, who detest the vitriolic politics of the far-right. Not only catch up on Obama's web savvy, but stop with their .....

Lies, hate, fear and division mongering! As long as the Republican party is held hostage by Limbaugh, Hannity, OReilly, Savage, Reagan..... 'Faux News" and the rest of the hate-mongers they will not win back the graces of the American people!

The Republicans with Rove at the helm, gambled on hate, and lost. They do not get .... that the vast majority of Americans are moderate, fair-minded, thinking people, who detest the vitriolic politics of the far-right.

]]> By: Annie Kate http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/20/gop-needs-to-catch-up-to-obamas-web-savvy/comment-page-1/#comment-469918 Annie Kate Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:06:14 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=16941#comment-469918 As a computer analyst and web developer I was amazed at how well Obama leveraged the Internet for his campaign. Each piece tied to another piece to create a synergistic whole that helped organize and maintain his campaign while he and his advisers focused on issues. This change in how to conduct a successful campaign is on par with JFK's use of tv in his election; that was a game changer in the 60s and now Obama has redefined the game in the 2000s. Obama though didn't win because of the internet although it helped greatly - he won because he had a liberating message, an idea that appealed to voters of all ages. He had a cohesive message that he delivered in an inspirational way and a political tsunami was the result. The GOP can catch up on the Internet - with some savvy technicians and a good focus on what they want to achieve with their internet piece it can be built....but until the GOP figures out how to appeal to a broader base of voters and finds its own inspirational message, it's not going to do them much good. <a href="http://anniekatec.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Annie Kate</a> Birmingham AL As a computer analyst and web developer I was amazed at how well Obama leveraged the Internet for his campaign. Each piece tied to another piece to create a synergistic whole that helped organize and maintain his campaign while he and his advisers focused on issues. This change in how to conduct a successful campaign is on par with JFK's use of tv in his election; that was a game changer in the 60s and now Obama has redefined the game in the 2000s.

Obama though didn't win because of the internet although it helped greatly – he won because he had a liberating message, an idea that appealed to voters of all ages. He had a cohesive message that he delivered in an inspirational way and a political tsunami was the result.

The GOP can catch up on the Internet – with some savvy technicians and a good focus on what they want to achieve with their internet piece it can be built....but until the GOP figures out how to appeal to a broader base of voters and finds its own inspirational message, it's not going to do them much good.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

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