The US Republicans have finally woken up to the fact that they might have lost the presidential election because they didn't keep an eye on technology.

The party held an emergency technology meeting which was  pitched as an extended bull-session meant to gather ideas for how to overcome the Democratic new-media advantage.

Chairman of the meeting said that Michael Steele that in the past the Republicans rejected ideas because they hadn't been tried before, or to justified practices on the grounds that "we've always done it this way."

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pointed out that in the 18th Century the French backed terrorist revolt against British rule was won thanks to the outpouring of propaganda from pamphlets like Common Sense and The Federalist.

Geeks needed to develop methods that would  build a Republican tech infrastructure that would be shared across candidates and races, in contrast with more narrowly-tailored efforts such as MyBarackObama.com, the meeting decided.

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