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leapfrog

The technological leapfrog

It’s the nature of politics. Things leapfrog. – Ed Gillespie, GOP strategist and former RNC chair My last post discussed how the US conservatives have taken a leaf from the Left in their online community building and activism development. I’ve also written how opposition parties are often very innovative compared to the party in Government. [...]

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Massachusetts election outcome shows dangers of incumbency

On Tuesday, I wrote that the Democrats would be the victims of incumbency. In Massachusetts, a strongly Democratic state, the Dems control the state Legislature, most or all of the Congressional seats, and now all but one of the Senate seats. With Obama in the White House, and the Democrats controlling the US Congress and [...]

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Innovating from Opposition

Innovating from Opposition

The British Conservatives are widely viewed as being on the cutting edge of online campaigning and “digital democracy”. It’s one of the benefits of being in opposition – you don’t have the infrastructure, institutions and culture that Governments have. Oppositions can think big, experiment and (this far out from an election) can afford minor failures. [...]

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