The below audio is me speaking on the RightOnline 2009 panel called “Information Pollination: Integrating Technology to Amplify the Message.” I had the great pleasure of joining Melissa Clouthier, Elizabeth Terrell, and Katie Favazza on this panel, and they were all absolutely brilliant; however, I was only able to obtain the recording of my portion [...]
Posts Tagged ‘McCain’
How Far Has the Republican Party Come? Grading the GOP’s Progress Since November 4
Since their devastating defeat on November 4, Republicans have been working to rebuild and turn the tide of the past two cycles. They took major steps in doing so, including replacing RNC Chairman Mike Duncan with Michael Steele and becoming involved with national organizations such as Rebuild the Party that focus on a complete reformation [...]
Mr. Blackwell, College Republicans Aren’t Enough.
Ken Blackwell, in his letter to RNC members announcing his candidacy for chairman, suggests the following as a solution to the Republican Party’s woes among young voters:
Expend an unprecedented amount of RNC funding to build vibrant College Republican chapters on every major university campus in the nation and use those chapters as a base to [...]
“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 any [...]
How to Win Back Latinos, Part I
One issue Republican leaders have agreed on lately is the absolute necessity for the GOP to appeal to Latinos if they want to be a viable national party in the future. Florida, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Colorado should all be red states but they will not be if Republicans fail to connect with Latino [...]
We Can’t Count on the Media
Throughout the recent election season, media bias was at an all-time high. This is no new phenomenon. Bias has always been evident in the media, and today, the debate continues surrounding the effect of media bias on voters. The media’s effect on this election is shown by a Zogby Poll released today in which Zogby conducted [...]
Ways McCain Could Have Appealed to Youth Voters
Ironically, this came right before the election, and I had no time to put it up before the election, so now I will try to post it posthumously as it were. I’ve had a little trouble with logging in, and thus the posts have been slow, but this was a semi-relevant essay for a class, written [...]
Lessons of the 2008 Election
Please note that this is by no means a comprehensive list of all of the lessons we should take from this year’s election. These are just a few of the many important recognitions we must make moving forward.
The GOP’s electoral map has shrunk. As much as it pains me to say it as a Pennsylvania [...]
