On NPR

I was briefly quoted on yesterday's "All Things Considered" on NPR. You can listen to it here (my part is toward the end). The interview was called: "Net Activists Helped Decide Connecticut's Primary."

Here's a transcript:

OVERBY: Several prominent bloggers have played down their own influence in the Lamont/Lieberman race. Conservative political consultant Matt Lewis agrees. He's an occasional blogger himself. Still, he says it's easy to exaggerate the impact of the Internet. He says Lamont won because he's a millionaire, not because progressive activists were tapping away on computer keyboards.

Mr. MATT LEWIS (Political consultant): You know I don't want to take anything away from it. I think it does have an impact. I believe that Ned Lamont was definitely well served by having The Daily Kos and different liberal bloggers support him. But at the end of the day, he put in millions of his own dollars. And that had a much more dramatic impact.

OVERBY: So the forecast may be this: politicians seeing their field of endeavor thrown open the same way journalism has been over the past few years. But some fundamental things still apply, most of all money. If candidates want to run TV ads or get phone banks to turn out the vote, they still need a lot of cash, at least so far. Peter Overby, NPR News, Washington.


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