“ Put simply, the old idea was that these smallish states were largely self-contained political news worlds where a kind of intensive, organization-heavy politicking ruled the day. Because of this, each was its own little contest, in which a different set of candidates might catch fire. But multi-platform, 24/7 political news and chatter is now so pervasive that these different battles don’t look that distinct.”
Josh Marshall (via ericmortensen)
I’ve been wondering why these states were chosen. This not only makes sense, but is a clear example of just how far our media environment has grown, subsuming local cycles and markets.
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Source: talkingpointsmemo.com
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