I think we can all agree that the Republican Party needs to do a better job “reaching out” to young voters. I think we’ve all seen the stats, all bemoaned the party’s fate if it continues to hemorrhage under-30s, and all talked about that beautiful–if unclear–future time in which hordes of 18-year-olds will gleefully check [...]
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The Top 10 Political Technology Stories of 2008
Welcome Digg visitors – please connect with us. Every New Year marks one of the most fascinating times in the news: the yearly wrap-up, in which the top 10 stories/events in a particular category of the past year are featured. Today, we’re going to hop on that bandwagon as we present the Top 10 Political [...]
Are We On the Verge of a Rightroots Movement?
It’s been a while since I’ve heard chatter on the blogosphere about building a Rightroots movement (I last commented on it at the end of October). However, over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a number of major developments that suggest we might be on the verge of establishing a true and effective Rightroots movement. [...]
The Twitter Revolution and “Top Conservatives on Twitter”
For this blog post, I’m going to assume that you are already somewhat familiar with Twitter (although CNET has a great newbie’s guide if you’re not). For a long time, I shied away from using Twitter. It just didn’t appeal to me, although my lack of interest wasn’t due to any particular reason. Finally, in [...]
Forget the Ideas Czar or Network: We Must Create Ideas Through Peer Production
Patrick Ruffini recently wrote a piece arguing that the GOP needs an “ideas czar”, while Soren Dayton disagrees, insisting that, “The beltway is the disease not the cure.” Regardless of where you stand on this argument, both Patrick and Soren raise a critical, underlying point: the Republican Party needs a way to bring new, innovative [...]
“Information Systems in the 2008 Elections”
Today, I had the privilege of teaching two classes of Management Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University about the use and impact of Information Systems (IS) in the 2008 elections. I published my PowerPoint at SlideShare for all to view: http://is.gd/8S7p Feel free to check it out and drop me a line if you have [...]
Facere quam dicere: a new motto for the GOP?
Facere quam dicere: to do rather than to say. A knock-off of the North Carolina motto—and an attempt to use my Classical Languages degree for something—but instructive for the GOP nonetheless. For example, my (albeit limited) role in the conservative blogosphere means that I spend 92% of my time talking about problems and 8% of [...]