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Re:The Internet as a Force in Politics: “Obama Would Not Hav... by jrockway on Friday November 07, 2008 @04:46PM (#357132)
Her weakness lay in her not using the Internet effectively.

Her other weakness is that she's essentially a rich white male from a political family. Yes, she's not actually male, but it's hard to tell the difference.

The voters wanted something different for a change. Obama was different, and that's why he won.

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Re:The Internet as a Force in Politics: “Obama Would Not Hav... by unalone on Friday November 07, 2008 @04:55PM (#357139)
That's a snappy line, but it's wrong. Hillary went in to the election with incredible support. She beat Obama by 20 points plus in the polls. She had incredible female support. She was a Clinton, yes, but she was a woman running for president.

Obama won because he had such an effective online infrastructure, and because he was able to rally up volunteers using the Internet and focus their movements. It was a radical shift in campaign strategy from what anybody else has been able to do historically.

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