Thursday, February 12, 2004
Did the Web Do In Dean?
Joe Trippi offers some interesting ideas about what went wrong:
posted by Blicero : 2/12/2004 01:46:00 AM
How Web Support Failed Dean in Crunch: Ex-ManagerFull story.
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Internet activism that thrust up the Howard Dean U.S. election campaign later hobbled the organization's ability to respond to criticism in the weeks before the primaries, Dean's former campaign manager said on Monday.
Joe Trippi, who resigned after defeats in Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, said the direct involvement of so many Internet supporters deprived the campaign of the traditional weapon of political surprise.
"We were having a real problem with how to say, 'We could be in real trouble here,"' Trippi told a technology conference of the tactical trouble the Dean campaign had in balancing the need to keep supporters informed.
posted by Blicero : 2/12/2004 01:46:00 AM
