"Democrat Ned Lamont's victory in the Senate primary in Connecticut over incumbent Joseph Lieberman is the first major triumph for Internet political bloggers, who championed the challenger's antiwar candidacy."
The days of bloggers and the network or space they occupy cannot be ignored. As Bloomberg.com continues in its report:
"Eli Pariser, 25, executive director of MoveOn.org, which supported Lamont, said his victory ``sends a message that voters are sick and tired of being sick and tired.''
Pariser also wanted to share credit. MoveOn and other bloggers were just ``a small part'' of Lamont's victory, he said. ``It started with Connecticut voters who were tired of a senator who would not stand up to the president.''
MoveOn sent out millions of e-mails on Lamont's behalf and attempted what the Internet has failed to achieve a number of times before: motivating people to get out and vote.
The group set up a Web site, provided phone numbers of registered voters who hadn't gone to the polls much in the past, and offered a script for volunteers to read to them in support of Lamont."
Read the complete piece here. An Oz version of MoveOn is GetUp - which has already some impact on Federal politicians. It can only get better as you and I at our desks or laptops plug into the politics the "big" boys thought was entirely their domain. No longer!
The days of bloggers and the network or space they occupy cannot be ignored. As Bloomberg.com continues in its report:
"Eli Pariser, 25, executive director of MoveOn.org, which supported Lamont, said his victory ``sends a message that voters are sick and tired of being sick and tired.''
Pariser also wanted to share credit. MoveOn and other bloggers were just ``a small part'' of Lamont's victory, he said. ``It started with Connecticut voters who were tired of a senator who would not stand up to the president.''
MoveOn sent out millions of e-mails on Lamont's behalf and attempted what the Internet has failed to achieve a number of times before: motivating people to get out and vote.
The group set up a Web site, provided phone numbers of registered voters who hadn't gone to the polls much in the past, and offered a script for volunteers to read to them in support of Lamont."
Read the complete piece here. An Oz version of MoveOn is GetUp - which has already some impact on Federal politicians. It can only get better as you and I at our desks or laptops plug into the politics the "big" boys thought was entirely their domain. No longer!
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