How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blog
Sometime reason contributor Eric Pfeiffer has a new blog, Ground Game, for Congressional Quarterly.
Here's a snippet:
…blaming Hillary Clinton doesn't negate the fact that several of last night's questions threw the candidates off-guard: Rudy Giulliani jumbled a question about gun rights, Mitt Romney stumbled on the torture question and several candidates, including Mike Huckabee, struggled with pointed questions on immigration.
The real question facing Republicans today is not whether they should make use of emerging technology, but how the medium can be used to improve their communication skills.There's a tendency in the media to overemphasize the real-world impact of online activism, but the danger to those who ignore the grassroots power of the internet is very real.