Well, DailyKos.com discussed the GOP debate that was on Thursday night. They say that if you missed it, you did not miss much because they pretty much just said Reagan a bunch of times and then it was over with. I do agree that they mention Reagan a lot in this debate. However, Reagan was a good president, was he not? There are probably some who do not believe so, but all in all he did a lot for this country. So, if you are going to relate yourself to a certain president, why not Ronald Reagan? Of course, you should have your own views and opinions, but there is nothing wrong with a little comparison of yourself and a former president every now and then. Obviously you should not do it every time, but you have to know when it will help your campaign and when it will hurt it. If you do it too much, people will start to think you are just trying to imitate Ronald Reagan.
TechRepublican.com talked mostly about how people get their campaign news. The two main sources of information are the internet and television. The young people get most of their news from the internet through social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. “Fully 42% of those ages 18 to 29 say they regularly learn about the campaign from the internet, the highest percentage for any news source.” (Blogger) The TV is still the overall main source of information, but it is starting to slip away. “Television is not as dominant as at once was: 60% say they get most of their news about the presidential election from television (local, cable and network outlets combined), down from 68% at comparable points in the 2004 and 2000 campaigns.” (Blogger)
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I find these statistics interesting because I can easily relate to them. Besides learning from my parents, I do learn more about the campaign and news from the t.v. and internet. It is crazy to learn how dependent we are on such forms of media. This makes one realize the power that the media has on us; they have great ability in controlling what, when, and how we see things. This is a helpful reminder to remember that the media is often biased and has the ability to persuade viewers if not cautious!
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