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Obama turns to Web to bypass news media
AP, 26 Mar 2009
Obama used the Internet to build a grass-roots movement that delivered the presidency and raised unheard-of money. Now in power, he is employing the same online network and style to speak — unfiltered — with Americans.
1 - Political operatives say the White House's strategy is a way to reach a demographic key to Obama's election.
2 - Yet the process lends itself to softer questions and ones the White House is eager to answer, Republicans noted.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090326/...obama_online_6
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