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McCain’s Tech Policy Failure and the Youth Vote

Much has been made of the Republican failure to capture the youth vote. The missteps here have to be understood in the context of internet politics. The successes of the Obama team’s online efforts are well known and documented. Driving home from a DC Tech Event just last night, a local entrepreneur commented on just how far behind Republicans are.

To a great extent, it is an image problem. When I mention the Republicans and the internet to my friends, a joke about a “series of tubes” is inevitable (still no mentions of Twitter from them yet).

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