Monday, January 5, 2009

[late] (and brief) reactions to this afternoon's debate

Saul--Did well, as expected.
Blackwell--Better than expected.
Steele--Underperformed, IMHO.
Duncan-- Someone get this man off the stage.
Dawson-- Confused as to what he's trying to accomplish.
Saltsman--Memorable paraphrase: we need to focus on minority outreach .

Overall, debate was a good introduction to the personalities of all six candidates.

Low moments: Ron Paul question (while ignoring the fact that Norquist skipped over Paultard questions), pissing contest over social media ("I have more FB friends than you!" [Duncan-- "I have a personal blog!"], question over favorite website was setup for self-promotion.

High moments: Saul--"Social media is useless without networks of people"-- IMHO was the single best piece of insight as we struggle with how to use social media, #Rebuild questions were spot on, as expected, and congrats to Charlie Smith for providing a great question about college students with better than expected answers--most notably from Saul Anuzis and Ken Blackwell.

I hope to learn more about the candidates in the next few weeks but, of course, I don't decide who wins, 168 members of the RNC do. Fellow CR's--contact your RNC members and speak your mind. There is nowhere near enough interest in our age group in this race, and we provide a needed perspective.

Coming soon-- I'm thinking of starting an e-activism guide for CR's any suggestions/contributions?

JB
@senrabsemaj

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