We still aren't sure whether or not there will be a Presidential debate tonight. We are sure that there was one 48 years ago today. The infamous Kennedy-Nixon debate ushered in the era of TV politics.
To say TV won the election for Kennedy would be an overstatement - after all, Richard Daley played a big part, too. Similarly, Barack Obama's vaunted internet strategies will not in and of themselves win him the White House. But like Kennedy's television presence, Obama's online savvy involves the mastery of a new medium - and an instant connection with the voters who are catching onto it. By conquering these new conduits of information, both Obama and Kennedy have been heralded as forward-thinking and intellectual.
And, assuming McCain takes the stage at some time in the coming weeks, his age and aversion to technology will be every bit as effective a counterpoint as Nixon's five-o'-clock shadow.
Est. 1979
Jim Eltringham...
...lives in Arlington, Va. and works in Your Nation's Capital. By day, he specializes in new media and online mobilization tactics for grassroots issue campaigns. He has lectured on grassroots organizing, message development, and media relations to audiences ranging from campaign veterans to political science classes to campus activists to independent filmmakers.
But this is just his personal blog, which may or may not have anything to do with that.
But this is just his personal blog, which may or may not have anything to do with that.
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