David Bobzein: Politician and Social Media Expert

It is rare to see a politician personally using social media.  Most politicians have teams that handle all of their online operations because they don’t feel comfortable with the technology.  Not Nevada State Assemblymember David Bobzien (D).  Bozien live-tweets from the floor of Nevada’s legislative session giving his followers up-to-the minute updates. He has also become somewhat of an expert on social media and politics, even leading a discussion on how social media is shaping politics and political reporting at the Nevada Interactive Media Summit.  Bobzien is helping to champion in government 2.0, which is more engaging and transparent.

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Ex-Obama Adviser: Democrats May Get ‘Slaughtered’ in Nov.

One of President Obama’s ex-advisers from the campaign trail, Steve Hildebrand, told CNN that there is a good chance Democrats will see significant losses in the 2010 elections. Hildebrand explained, “I think that there is a real shot we [Democrats] are going to get slaughtered in elections this fall if we aren’t leading the efforts to reform Washington. We campaigned in ‘06 and ‘08, and if voters don’t see that change, we haven’t lived up to that promise.”

Read more from Ed Henry at CNN

Rove: “Tea Party May Be Risk To GOP”

In a Q&A with USA Today, Karl Rove explained that Tea Partiers pose a serious risk to Republicans if they back third party candidates rather than Republican candidates in the general elections.  Tea Partiers traditionally vote Republican, which means their refusal to back a Republican would split the conservative vote.  Republicans should be seriously worried that some Tea Partiers are not interested in backing any incumbents in 2010.

Read more from Judy Keen at USA Today

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