So I sent out an e-mail via the Obama web site announcing my support. And one of the e-mails I got back was from a long time friend, who like me was somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun when it came to our politics in High School and college. Like me he is supporting Obama this year, although I think his support has as much to do with how his politics have changed after 4 years at Oberlin College then living for 10+ years in Massachusetts. But this has led me to think why I have changed and why Obama has sparked such enthusiasm.
And I think one of the biggest reasons is the type of campaign, in a lot of ways I have waited for a campaign like this. As close to a real grass roots, populist movement as we can get. And I think that the way the Obama campaign has really embraced the power and utility of the Internet is an example of that.
In reading further into The Pirate Dilemma he has mentioned how popular trends have become so quick, so flash in the pan because of the utility of the Internet, and that only enhances how powerful it is for getting messages like Obama's out there. And this is something I think the Media is only now starting to grasp.
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