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Social Networking and Politics 2.0
In the video below, Democratic Presidential front-runner Barack Obama talks about social networking and its impact on his campaign at a private function in Silicon Valley. In particular, he mentions the ability to create organizations in Idaho and Kansas throught the online social nets before the campaign apparatus was involved. He also muses that these technology-enabled grass-roots movements have reduced the impact of high-profile endorsements and dogmatic special interest groups.
Most interesting, however, was his mention the potential to apply "these same principles" to government.
More details about the event at zenvalley.com.
(via Geoff Livingston)
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