United States presidential election, 2008: how technology changed old-style political conventions

Michael Barone wrote in the last issue of USA Today about the impact of cellphone and BlackBerry on politics and especially the U.S. elections:

“Democrats are wringing their hands about the convention carnage that could visit the Mile High City. Yet in reality, we probably won’t get that 20th-century old-style convention. Why not? 21st-century technology will cut them off at the pass.”

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