Supporters of the presidential campaign of Gov. Bill Richardson are promoting their candidate’s netroots strength after a recent and surprising victory in an online contest.
The online contest, modeled after the bracket for the NCAA basketball tournament, allowed people to vote only if they entered their e-mail addresses. More than 30,000 voted.
Washington for Richardson blogger Ken Camp said the victory shows that “
Rudy Giuliani won the contest for the Republican Party nomination.
“Holy freakin’ crap. I was resigned to losing out to Obama in the final round,” he wrote. “Beating Gore made sense. Despite his popularity, he isn’t actually running.
“But we beat Obama, which totally blew me away,” he wrote. “Wow.”
Winning the contest wasn’t something
“You can have thousands of friends on your MySpace or Facebook pages,” Camp said, “but if they’re not willing to take action for their candidate, what’s the point?”