How popular is DU among politicians? Does anybody know?
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Fri May-29-09 01:36 PM
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How popular is DU among politicians? Does anybody know?
I guess what I'm wondering, is if they are aware of the site - and if they peruse it.
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Fri May-29-09 01:39 PM
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1. I would think that many are aware.
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Fri May-29-09 01:42 PM
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In the world of political message boards, this is one of the biggest. I've often wondered if they are familiar with it - and if they, or their aides, look in from time to time.
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Fri May-29-09 01:41 PM
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2. well, you'd have to assume a politician is a somewhat busy person
and a person who has any kind of schedule wouldn't have time to spend half their waking life farting on a message board.
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Fri May-29-09 01:44 PM
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6. Of course they're busy.
At the same time, though, I would *think* that they would be curious as to what their voters are talking about.
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Fri May-29-09 01:44 PM
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7. they get that from polling data
Edited on Fri May-29-09 01:54 PM by datasuspect
DU is a bit too unscientific.
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Fri May-29-09 02:16 PM
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16. and politicians are scientific types --generally?
do you know who you are referring to here?
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Fri May-29-09 02:15 PM
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Fri May-29-09 02:14 PM
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14. that's different than keeping tabs on some of what's said here
and i'm sure they do. and don't forget politicians spend a lot of waking time going to all sorts of things most of us would consider a waste of time.
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Fri May-29-09 01:41 PM
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3. Well my wife Michelle loves it. So do my children Malia and Sasha.
We especially love the LOLcats. But I would have no idea whether actual politicians enjoy it or not.
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Fri May-29-09 01:46 PM
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Fri May-29-09 01:41 PM
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4. Elizabeth Edwards (John's wife) joined up during the last primaries
so DU must be fairly well-read.
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Fri May-29-09 01:48 PM
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10. I had seen that mentioned before, but didn't know if it was true.
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Fri May-29-09 01:52 PM
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She seemed very nice. Naturally, some DUers took it upon themselves to be assholes. IIRC, Skinner confirmed that it was indeed actually her.
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Fri May-29-09 01:47 PM
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9. After reading GDP today, I hope NOT that popular
:scared: My thinking is that some staffers/interns probably have the job of perusing the blogosphere to see what people are thinking. DU is probably one of them. I would think the actual politicians don't surf the internet very often. I also know that alot of the senior politicians are not all that ummm technology oriented and prefer to have their younger staff members handle that area.:)
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Fri May-29-09 01:50 PM
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11. I was kinda thinking along the lines of aides doing the job.
Edited on Fri May-29-09 01:53 PM by BeachBaby
I'm just curious as to whether the politicians get any feedback on what they find here. And you're right - sometimes that scares me, too.
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Fri May-29-09 01:53 PM
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13. This is actually an interesting question
I will ask my Uncle about it as he is one of the experts on media and politics.
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Fri May-29-09 02:24 PM
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17. Are you kidding? I'm a big topic of discussion with the Washington elite.
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