DU mentioned in Boston Globe

[Submariner]

thanks to our own KarenInMa. First the "Somerville Gates", and now this. I never thought my hometown would get such notoriety.:toast:

"The Democratic Underground had an active thread. KarenInMA kicked off a long online discourse: ''Hey! Somervillians! Let's talk about the Special Election." Yahoo! Groups hosted information relevant to the race from the Young Democrats of Massachusetts. Independent bloggers, like Frederick Clarkson, weighed in on the race."

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/09/02/somerville_stumps_in_cyberspace/

[paineinthearse]

1. Printed in the globe, but not the globe's opinion

The op-ed was written by "John Palfrey is executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School."

Globe is too right wing for one of their staff to venture into DU.

Nice that Harvard is studying us, I feel like a guinna pig.

[TaleWgnDg]

2. Yup, Palfrey was directly on point with this op-ed piece in the

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Yup, Harvard Law School Lecturer John Palfrey was directly on point with his op-ed piece in the Boston Globe. His premise, overall, was that political candidates must learn to utilize "cyberspace" (as Palfrey calls it) to advantage their political campaigns. Jehlen was assisted by many of us including DUers who "cyberspaced" for her across the internet diligently for several months.

"(I)t's clear that a feisty group of voters did gather online throughout the race and left a clear record of their presence. The trail of these voters reveals an informal focus group held online over several months. The most successful politicians will learn to listen, if not to participate, in this conversation. Sooner or later, candidates, even for local office, will find votes in cyberspace." (John Palfrey, "Somerville Stumps in Cyberspace," Boston Globe, op/ed pages, page A21, Friday, September 2, 2005)
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/09/02/somerville_stumps_in_cyberspace

Again, my congratulations to Jehlen for her win in the primaries. Now, it's off to the general election for the 2nd Middlesex Senate District race.

Go, Pat, go!!



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[woosh]

3. Too bad they overlook some of the more heated discussion threads

like:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158x5369

Where the president of the Dog racing union went to great lenghts on the web to discredit Jehlen, and the discussion that occured around it.

[TaleWgnDg]

5. . . . LOL . . . woosh . . . I sent him (Palfrey) a copy . . . n/p

[mom cat]

4. Great Job!