Eight contenders for the Republican presidential nomination will be debating each other Wednesday night, courtesy of YouTube and CNN. To be sure, the debate itself will be quite telling, with some pundits already laying odds that front-runner Rudy Giuliani may be dislodged from his perch by the evening’s end. Aside from the candidates’ jostling for position, though, there’s another burning question surrounding the event that may be equally telling about the Republican party’s future: Can it truly adapt to the unscripted Web 2.0 environment?
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Can the GOP Leverage Web 2.0 in Time?
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 28, 2007 04:00 AMEight contenders for the Republican presidential nomination will be debating each other Wednesday night, courtesy of YouTube and CNN. To be sure, the debate itself will be quite telling, with some pundits already laying odds that front-runner Rudy Giuliani may be dislodged from his perch by the evening’s end. Aside from the candidates’ jostling for position, though, there’s another burning question surrounding the event that may be equally telling about the Republican party’s future: Can it truly adapt to the unscripted Web 2.0 environment?