Politics, retail and wholesale, is about making connections with people. It's the same with Facebook. All four of those same candidates walked around the room personally greeting people and shaking their hands. But not a single one has personally emailed their "friends" on Facebook. They haven't used technology to make the same personal connection.

Sure, they have email lists and send out their initial announcement and updates on "endorsements", whatever that matters. One claims to have a twitter feed. But not a single one has used technology as a political tool. They use technology in the same, lame manner that MIGOP sent out useless slate cards for candidates. Junk mail to fill up boxes and garner 1% more name recognition. That's not using technology, that's wasting it.

If our party is going to blow hot air about modernizing and using technology, then we're in trouble. We're going to find ourselves in 2010 just like the failed incumbent from New Hampshire claiming "it's not fair" that some teeny-bopper politician outworked us both online and off.

(This has been cross-posted from my Facebook Notes)