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In Israel, a Click Away From 'Yes We Can'
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[image] The campaign Web site of Benjamin Netanyahu looks a lot like Barack Obama’s, and it’s no coincidence. The Times’s Ethan Bronner and Noam Cohen report on the similarities between Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign Web site and the site of Barack Obama. The colors, the fonts, the icons for donating and volunteering, the use of embedded video, and the social networking Facebook-type options — including Twitter, which hardly exists in Israel — all reflect a conscious effort by the campaign of Benjamin Netanyahu, the conservative Likud leader running for prime minister of ...
Iraeli PM Candidate's Website Looks A Lot Like Obama's... (PHOTO)
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... -- all reflect a conscious effort by the Netanyahu campaign to learn from the Obama success.
"Imitation is the greatest form of flattery," noted Ron Dermer, one of Mr. Netanyahu's top campaign advisers. "We're all in the same business, so we took a close look at a guy who has been the most successful and tried to learn from him. And while we will not use the word 'change' in the same way in our campaign, we believe Netanyahu is the real candidate of change for Israel."
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Iraeli PM Candidate's Website Looks A Lot Like Obama's... (PHOTO)
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... -- all reflect a conscious effort by the Netanyahu campaign to learn from the Obama success.
"Imitation is the greatest form of flattery," noted Ron Dermer, one of Mr. Netanyahu's top campaign advisers. "We're all in the same business, so we took a close look at a guy who has been the most successful and tried to learn from him. And while we will not use the word 'change' in the same way in our campaign, we believe Netanyahu is the real candidate of change for Israel."
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... accounts enabled supporters to communicate with each other, arrange meet-ups, call undecided voters, and blog on the campaign news items. The page's bold white letters read "Because it's about you," and that's the sense most supporters felt, at least online. And Obama voter or not, post-11/4, all citizens, strategists, pols realize the campaign's Web efficacy. Even on a global scale, Obama's site is viewed as a model. Conservative Israeli prime minister candidate Benjamin Netanyahu's Website has borrowed its fresh skin and appeal. ...
