Debate Spin in the Blogosphere

Published: October 9, 2007, 11:35 pm

Tags: 2008

As Fred Thompson was on the stage participating in his first debate, Jon Henke was typing away at his computer, giving a minute-by-minute report on Thompson's official campaign blog. Henke, who works for New Media Strategies, mixed humor, straight reporting and a bit of opposition research into his post, which has more than 150 comments. It's refreshing to read because it's written in a way that any voter can follow. Mitt Romney's team, on the other hand, took the opposite approach. The campaign's Debate Central is practically an encyclopedia of information about Romney and his Republican opponents. It's the kind of work you'd expect from communications director Matt Rhoades, who left his mark on the RNC for putting together the same kind of exhaustive reports. Although Romney's Debate Central is probably a little too overwhelming for non-politicos, it's nice to see a lot of video interspersed with the text. It looks like Mike Huckabee's campaign tried to "live

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