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DNC Leads in Technology-Based Political Activism
30/06/10 16:25
Dan Riehl over at Riehl World View is reporting that the DNC plans to use video tracking of Republicans to try to re-shape the narrative.
On Tuesday, the DNC will debut a new web-based feature that will empower several million Democratic activists to serve as “trackers” of Republican candidates throughout the country. In a move that could add a broad new element of accountability to elections — or simply make the political process even more gaffe-centric — the DNC is encouraging its followers to upload video, mail pieces or audio recordings of GOP officials to a DNC-run site. If carried out as planned, the new online tool could drastically alter the landscape of the 2010 elections, with campaign functions contracted out to hundreds of free volunteers. At a minimum, it is a vivid illustration of the modern-day campaign, where a slip-up by a candidate caught on video could have profound impacts on his or her electoral prospects.
Aides freely admit that the goal is to create another “Macaca moment” — in which former Senator George Allen (R-Va.) famously doomed his reelection hopes by belittling an opposition videographer with a racial slur — or at least to unearth a viral nugget such as those that changed the course of the health care debate at town halls last summer.
Republicans have got to step it up and embrace the power of social media because it's not going away. Democrats are fueling user-created content while Republicans have consultants come up with programs like "You Cut". When will the GOP get it?
BTW-If you doubt the power of social media, check out the stats in this video. Like it or not, it's become a part of the fabric of society...
On Tuesday, the DNC will debut a new web-based feature that will empower several million Democratic activists to serve as “trackers” of Republican candidates throughout the country. In a move that could add a broad new element of accountability to elections — or simply make the political process even more gaffe-centric — the DNC is encouraging its followers to upload video, mail pieces or audio recordings of GOP officials to a DNC-run site. If carried out as planned, the new online tool could drastically alter the landscape of the 2010 elections, with campaign functions contracted out to hundreds of free volunteers. At a minimum, it is a vivid illustration of the modern-day campaign, where a slip-up by a candidate caught on video could have profound impacts on his or her electoral prospects.
Aides freely admit that the goal is to create another “Macaca moment” — in which former Senator George Allen (R-Va.) famously doomed his reelection hopes by belittling an opposition videographer with a racial slur — or at least to unearth a viral nugget such as those that changed the course of the health care debate at town halls last summer.
Republicans have got to step it up and embrace the power of social media because it's not going away. Democrats are fueling user-created content while Republicans have consultants come up with programs like "You Cut". When will the GOP get it?
BTW-If you doubt the power of social media, check out the stats in this video. Like it or not, it's become a part of the fabric of society...
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Coming Soon: RNC To Unveil A New Activism API
19/05/10 18:55
Republicans are slowly, but surely gaining steam in the internet activism sector. They got caught a little flat-footed in 2008, but no more. The RNC is set to unveil a new API that allows developers to create apps that award points for internet activism.
Caleb Howe has the low down on the new API here.
It's so refreshing to see the GOP on the front side of technology for a change. Republican legislators figured out quickly the value of Twitter and now dominate Twitter usage on capitol hill. The RNC has been a little slower to recognize the value of on-line activism and social media. It's really good to see that they are now on the right track...
Caleb Howe has the low down on the new API here.
It's so refreshing to see the GOP on the front side of technology for a change. Republican legislators figured out quickly the value of Twitter and now dominate Twitter usage on capitol hill. The RNC has been a little slower to recognize the value of on-line activism and social media. It's really good to see that they are now on the right track...
Wanted: Conservative Leadership For The Republican Party
01/04/10 15:00
The GOP desperately needs new leadership. Robert Stacy McCain explains why better than I ever could over at The Other McCain.
You must read, but here's a tease:
Over and over, we have seen recently that Republican “leadership” in Washington is a joke, their cowardice exceeded only by their incompetence. Pete Sessions and the National Republican Congressional Committee squandered hundreds of thousands of dollars on the Dede Scozzafava campaign, and the NRCC’s candidate-recruitment efforts consist mainly of trying to find “self-funders” — e.g., Ben Quayle types with lots of Daddy’s money to throw around — rather than identifying real leaders with solid values, like Vernon Parker.
UPDATE: Just after I posted this, I saw this on my Twitter screen. You've got to be kidding me...
You must read, but here's a tease:
Over and over, we have seen recently that Republican “leadership” in Washington is a joke, their cowardice exceeded only by their incompetence. Pete Sessions and the National Republican Congressional Committee squandered hundreds of thousands of dollars on the Dede Scozzafava campaign, and the NRCC’s candidate-recruitment efforts consist mainly of trying to find “self-funders” — e.g., Ben Quayle types with lots of Daddy’s money to throw around — rather than identifying real leaders with solid values, like Vernon Parker.
UPDATE: Just after I posted this, I saw this on my Twitter screen. You've got to be kidding me...