Rick Santorum and the curse of SOPA

by Datechguy | January 11th, 2012

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Rick Santorum and the curse of SOPA

I’ve cov­ered Rick San­to­rum exten­sively over the last few days watch­ing him take ques­tions of all types from all kinds of peo­ple. The MSM has painted San­to­rum posi­tion on Gay Mar­riage as a huge prob­lem for him here in NH but there was a much more sig­nif­i­cant Ques­tion that was asked and answered that I think was the most dam­ag­ing moment for the San­to­rum Cam­paign in NH:

With every sin­gle moment of TV air­time pur­chased, there are two ways of get­ting the word out. One is retail pol­i­tics and the other is the net.

New Hamp­shire is a state full of high tech and col­leges peo­ple live on the net and on their smart­phones, com­bine this with a lib­er­tar­ian streak and New Hamp­shire is a state that a law like SOPA is going to be hated.

I sus­pect that Rick San­to­rum who has been going all out to meet and talk to vot­ers has had lit­tle time to study the issue of SOPA. When he answered the ques­tion above his answer was gen­eral in the sense that the inter­net could be reg­u­lated but did not give details on the bill itself.

I have updated to date 120 videos only my long video on a gay mar­riage out­drew this one on views. It not only had 80% more com­ments than any other video it accounted for 46% of all the com­ments over­all and they were uni­formly neg­a­tive.

Will this make a dif­fer­ence in the future? With more and more of the coun­try con­nected SOPA has the poten­tial to be a crit­i­cal topic. If I had to give the San­to­rum cam­paign one bit of advice, I sug­gest they study the SOPA closely and I would fur­ther sug­gest that both on the mer­its and on the pol­i­tics, it is a bill worth opposing.

It’s too late to make a dif­fer­ence in NH but if this isn’t nipped in the bud it will be an excel­lent excuse for peo­ple to look elsewhere.

It would be a ter­ri­ble shame if the let­ters SOPA were the epi­taph chis­eled on the grave of the San­to­rum Campaign.

I’ve covered Rick Santorum extensively over the last few days watching him take questions of all types from all kinds of people. The MSM has painted Santorum position on Gay Marriage as a huge problem for him here in NH but there was a much more significant Question that was asked and answered that I think was the most damaging moment for the Santorum Campaign in NH:

With every single moment of TV airtime purchased, there are two ways of getting the word out. One is retail politics and the other is the net.

New Hampshire is a state full of high tech and colleges people live on the net and on their smartphones, combine this with a libertarian streak and New Hampshire is a state that a law like SOPA is going to be hated.

I suspect that Rick Santorum who has been going all out to meet and talk to voters has had little time to study the issue of SOPA. When he answered the question above his answer was general in the sense that the internet could be regulated but did not give details on the bill itself.

I have updated to date 120 videos only my long video on a gay marriage outdrew this one on views. It not only had 80% more comments than any other video it accounted for 46% of all the comments overall and they were uniformly negative.

Will this make a difference in the future? With more and more of the country connected SOPA has the potential to be a critical topic. If I had to give the Santorum campaign one bit of advice, I suggest they study the SOPA closely and I would further suggest that both on the merits and on the politics, it is a bill worth opposing.

It’s too late to make a difference in NH but if this isn’t nipped in the bud it will be an excellent excuse for people to look elsewhere.

It would be a terrible shame if the letters SOPA were the epitaph chiseled on the grave of the Santorum Campaign.

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