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Doing It With Twitter
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/6/2009
Doing It With Twitter
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Incumbent RNC Chairman Mike Duncan tries to hold onto his job and explain the future of conservatism : “We have to do it in the Facebook, with the Twittering, the different technology that young people are using today,” Duncan ventured. “Let me just say that I have ...
redstate.com - 1/12/2009
If Not Ken Blackwell, Keep Mike Duncan
— redstate.com — RedState endorses Ken Blackwell for Chairman of the Republican National Committee. While RedState’s endorsement in the race... for Chairman of the Republican National Committee does not set us apart from many of our colleagues in the online ... (more) If Not Ken Blackwell, Keep Mike Duncan

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Six-way race for GOP chairman heats up
usatoday.com - 1/5/2009
Six-way race for GOP chairman heats up
— usatoday.com — Half of the candidates to lead the Republican National Committee (RNC) are Southerners: current Chairman Robert "Mike"... Duncan of Kentucky, South Carolina Chairman Katon Dawson and former Tennessee chairman Chip Saltsman. Former Ohio secretary of State ... (more) Six-way race for GOP chairman heats up

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blog.cleveland.com - 1/13/2009
Ohio GOP Chairman endorses Duncan for RNC chairman, shuns Ohio's Blackwell
— blog.cleveland.com — Ohio Republican Party chairman Bob Bennett of Cleveland endorsed incumbent Republican National Committee chairman Mike Duncan's re-election... bid today, even though Ohio's J. Kenneth Blackwell is among six candidates seeking the job. "As the longest ... (more) Ohio GOP Chairman endorses Duncan for RNC chairman, ...

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Scritti Politti: January 6, 2007
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... RNC To Ruin Twitter, Decisively: Matt Yglesias is absolutely right about the RNC candidates putting forth Twitter as the Next Big Thing. "Twitter's neat, it's fun, I enjoy it. But you can't do political persuasion on Twitter and anyone who's at all familiar with either Twitter or political persuasion could tell you that." Indeed, none of my politically persuasive friends have successfully used Twitter to persuade me to do anything other than meeting them at the 7:30pm showing of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (For what it's worth, it ended up being a good decision.) ...

Scritti Politti: January 6, 2007
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... RNC To Ruin Twitter, Decisively: Matt Yglesias is absolutely right about the RNC candidates putting forth Twitter as the Next Big Thing. "Twitter's neat, it's fun, I enjoy it. But you can't do political persuasion on Twitter and anyone who's at all familiar with either Twitter or political persuasion could tell you that." Indeed, none of my politically persuasive friends have successfully used Twitter to persuade me to do anything other than meeting them at the 7:30pm showing of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (For what it's worth, it ended up being a good decision.) ...

Gingrich’s Bold New Idea: Using Twitter To Mock Democrats
Think Progress — ... Conservatives love Twitter. Many have embraced it as the future of the Republican party’s outreach to young people. Prolific Tweeter Rep. ...

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