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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