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Reading more and more of Jose's stuff on Huffpost. Excellent perspective that MUST be listened to. No matter our politics...we agree on the tech/politics intersection. Here's a quote.

"Because of the one-way nature of television, leaders have been trained to talk down to their constituents. But because of the two-way street that is the Internet, politicians must learn how to listen and engage the very people they're accountable for. Many pols have adapted, at least in the superficial sense. They blog. They create YouTube channels and Facebook fan pages. They drop Twitter in almost every other paragraph to sound and seem like they "get it.""

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Nice piece on politics and social media.

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Interesting summary of the Pew piece. I'm printing and digesting as we speak. How many Facebook Friends or Twitter followers have YOU had in the 18-29 demographic who are "most likely to use social networks as a venue for political and civic engagement than older users?" Thanks @abrudtkuhl for the spot.

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This is a great and balanced article that describes how many more races are leveraging technology, building email lists, and raising money online. Another key point is that technology is being used to rally support/troops for policy issues. Great article.

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We talk about people wanting to belong to tribes frequently in our work. Social media/New Media tools have a way of allowing people to create many small tribes...while still connecting them via a common online thread. Very powerful and something you need to grasp as a candidate.

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I bet there are 500 articles like this each month from local newspapers across the nation. "Lawmakers using more social media tools to communicate". That's a VERY good thing. When we take the communication medium back...and open a direct link between those elected to serve and those who elect them, we have more representation.

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Seth Godin and Tom Peters on Blogging...just WOW. I hope I say it half this good in my classes. Unreal. Please take a listen to this minute and a half clip. You'll fire up your blog immediately afterward I think. Whether business or politics the same power applies. This is the most powerful marketing tool in the universe...and it's FREE!

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