Politico: Republicans should embrace an Open Internet 07/15/08
Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis (check out his blog) and I have an op-ed running in today’s Politico (online and print as you can see in that pic to the right) urging more Republicans to embrace an Open Internet.
My favorite grafs:
The open Internet is antithetical to the hierarchical, top-down model that heretofore dominated American politics. The Washington-centered model of campaign committees and big-money fundraisers and media buys is rapidly collapsing. And the Republican Party needs to embrace that change.
As Republicans, we must not only adopt the new techniques and structure of Internet democracy, but also understand the importance of preserving the open nature of the Net as a policy issue. The tools that are available at low cost to Republicans are only there because of an Internet ecosystem that has managed to remain open, despite the efforts of phone and cable companies.
Revolution.
