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Revolution (Dick Morris, 8/06/03, Jewish World Review)

Like John McCain in 2000, the Vermont governor has harnessed the Internet to raise funds quickly, cheaply and legally. But McCain's online fund-raising was catalyzed by a victory in the New Hampshire primary which he won the old-fashioned way, by media and pressing the flesh. Dean, on the other hand, used the Internet to grow from nothing into a full-fledged contender.

Capitalizing on the Democratic Party's pro-peace and pro-gay base...

And right there you see why the Internet is an unhealthy basis for political ascendancy. The on-line constituency simply doesn't resemble America. That's why a Dean can do well and folks can convince themselves that George W. Bush has trouble with his base. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 6, 2003 8:34 AM