Internet; Democrats; GOP

The Washington Post just noticed that liberals are better than conservatives at using the Internets.

One reason for the disparity between the parties, political insiders say, is that the top Republican candidates are not exciting voters the way the Democratic front-runners are. Another is that it takes a certain level of technical skill and understanding to be an online strategist, and Republicans admit that "the pool of talent in the Democrats' side is much bigger than ours."

But an underlying cause may be the nature of the Republican Party and its traditional discipline -- the antithesis of the often chaotic, bottom-up, user-generated atmosphere of the Internet.

"We've always been a party of staying on message," All said. "It's the Rush Limbaugh model. What Tony Snow says in the White House filters down to talk radio, which makes its way to the blogs."

Yes, it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're seen as something more than an echo chamber for the Official Talking Point of the Day. The word is "credibility." Liberals have it. Conservatives don't.