I am not sure that you can fake it online – I have not found that to be true in my own experience

If I am right – the divergence is too great now anyway – the momentum of this weekend and today will crucially affect the money too.

Now how this affects the party is another matter. The spreading of delegates will be seen in retrospect as very damaging as it keeps the party split and deepens the wounds that may not be able to be healed for the campaign.

By the way – are not McCain and Huckabee also examples of authentic people using retail vs corporate? Look at the at where they ended up versus the machine pols!

As a newcomer to the national scene, Obama *had* to go retail in 2004, in order to reach out to passionate supporters who would have few ways beyond his book(s) and the state legislature to follow his ideas.

By the time the primaries had rolled around, the groundswell of grassroots support was already three-four years in the making.

And although Clinton miscalculated in approach, I’d say that the web is the great levelor in terms of charisma and personality – those who are not people-people can still give the impression of being warm and engaging…with the right voters’ lists! Getting access to email addresses will now be key.