Andrew Rasiej and I have started writing a bi-weekly column in the new Washington paper The Politico, and here’s how our first one starts:
Ever since Howard Dean’s 2004 Internet-driven presidential campaign ended, many observers concluded that the Internet was not really changing anything in politics — other than making fundraising easier. It couldn’t alter the agenda of an election, and it certainly couldn’t decide who wins. Well, a closer look at the 2006 midterm election reveals that bottom-up political action using the Internet is dramatically altering campaign dynamics.
As we head into 2008, one big question is who will have the upper hand: top-down campaigns that see technology as a tool to better game the existing system or grass-roots activists who have discovered their power to change it.
To read the rest, go here.
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