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Spend some time looking at which political figures (bloggers, activists, politicians) are leading in this "middie" category and you'll discover that, indeed, the Right is ahead. For starters, a number of rightwing activists who were previously fairly obscure (to me at least) have developed quite a following on Twitter via #tcot.
Then there are the known players, the political bloggers. Here too, the advantage is to the Right.
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- What this means, I think, is that conservatives have definitely been looking for and finding each other on Twitter with more intensity than liberals and progressives. Considering the moment they're living in, this isn't surprising. The #tcot hashtag was launched just weeks after Barack Obama won the presidency and Democrats swept Congress. Like the liberal netroots nearly a decade ago, grassroots Republicans and conservatives are adrift and searching for leadership. Thus even if Twitter's overall user base tilts left, those users probably don't feel the same sense of urgency, of needing to organize, that the right currently feels. Hence the appearance of conservative "dominance" of the platform.
- Unlike other political web tools, like email lists, websites and video channels, Twitter is completely instantaneous and multidirectional. A fact or an idea can start almost anywhere on Twitter and spread without centralized control. To be sure, if you're trying to start and spread a meme using the platform, it doesn't hurt to have a network of well-connected friends--but the most popular memes seem to spread mainly because they're fresh AND of inherent interest to users.

18 Aug 09

US right is telling unhealthy lies|22Aug09|Socialist Worker

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Health USA Conservatism Obama

Obama’s health secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, even said last Sunday that public health insurance was “not the essential element”.
So this isn’t a simple battle between the forces of evil and the useful idiots of Big Pharma. The half-demented footsoldiers of the right have invaded a complicated dance between the White House, Congress and corporate America.