New Tech in Politics - Where is it Going?

is saying all the things I've been saying for some time. The social networks are only as important insofar as they WORK. For that to happehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifn, you need 2 types:

1. The technology innovators - those who create the tools, and
   
2. The technology power users, for lack of a better word. Those who aren't just passive users, following the crowd, but those who can see the tool, and understand the power of it for a particular purpose. In the new campaigns, they are known as the OPOs - the Online Political Operatives.

This all came up on the Twitter site, #DiggCons. As I have recently traded in my phone for a Blackberry, I can see where this would be useful. I'm not totally sure that the site will do all that I want, but I'm willing to give it a try. I've decided to think of it as a newsreader on steroids - one that will bump up stories that I want to follow.