By Farhad Manjoo, Technology Columnist, Slate.com
Shortly after Barack Obama won the White House, I called up Joe Trippi, Howard Dean’s Web-savvy onetime campaign manager, to talk about why he thought Obama would be a “different kind” of president. Back then—long before AIG bonuses, “death panels,” the underpants bomber, and Martha Coakley—many supporters argued that Obama’s brilliant, tech-savvy campaign suggested a new model for governing. The president-elect and many on his staff promised that when they took office, the Web would be at the center of their efforts to reach out to the public.
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