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October 26, 2003

Reversing the Broadcast Flow

Ed Cone blogs about a comment thread on the John Edwards blog that altered Edwards' stump speech. Ed writes:

Elizabeth Edwards commented here that comments on her husband's campaign blog serve to inform him about people's real concerns. I ask for an example. She replies with a specific example about the Earned Income Tax Credit that led to Edwards refocusing on the issue:

"Scott was on top of it and let us know through the blog, and the criticism that John had expressed earlier but that had been dropped from more recent speeches has been reinserted...

"John and I actually read the blog. When there is something there he finds useful or intriguing, he picks it up. If more research is needed, it goes to Robert Gordon's policy operation. If not, it can got straight into his speech or his answers to questions."

Posted by D. Weinberger at October 26, 2003 06:10 PM


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