(2004-02-09) Trippi Interview At Etech

Joe Trippi interview from ETech. Now what happened was that we used new and different ways to get there and then we ran into broadcast politics. Al Gore's endoresment is what happened. Gore is great, but alarm bells went off in newsrooms and campaign headquarters to say kill Howard Dean right now. Because if we don't kill the son of the B right now he will beat us. The media thinking that its their responsibility to beat up on him... It was hard to communicate to people that there was a holy shit moment. Internet supporters complacent. Went from people not going out to dinner to have money to donate to a perception of success that kept people from donating. Disconnect between the body politic of the Internet and what was happening after Gore's endorsement and how to communicate to them when things have changed. We had a hard time conveying that we were in trouble, because the press reads the blog too. Transparency problem. How to have honest (and private) communication with your support base. How do you maintain the openness and free spirit while doing this? Especially when people don't know the difference in real politics.

Update: then why did Time Warner give Dean so much money?