The 2008 race for the White House that comes to an end on Tuesday fundamentally upended the way presidential campaigns are fought in this country, a legacy that has almost been lost with all the attention being paid to the battle between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
A solid combination of insight and fact-gathering from multiple credible sources. The extensive use of quotes from Steve Schmidt helps keep the article a level-headed analysis of the impact of new media (even though the real leaps and bounds have been made almost exclusively by the Obama campaign). Well sourced and insightful conclusion that the future of campaigning in this country is forever altered by 2008.
I am very pleased by the increasingly democratized flow of information brought on by various new media. We have more information to weed through, and that is a good thing.