Bush Team Prepares Net Assault
For
the millions of television viewers who tune in to the first
presidential debate in Miami Thursday night, the event will probably
seem scripted, familiar and maybe even cordial. And for good reason.
The Republican and Democratic parties worked out detailed ground rules,
all but promising that the televised debates will be uneventful.
But both campaigns plan to take off their gloves on the internet. In
some respects, the real debate, or a better semblance of one, will take
place in cyberspace.
Pay close attention. The mainstream media has become irrelevant to a
lot of people. What happens in the blogosphere could have more effect
on the perception of who wins the debate.