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Why the GOP Lost the Web Race

Republicans are rethinking their strategy at the RNC this week. In an excerpt from his new book, Eric Boehlert examines how they can seize Internet dominance—and possibly the next election.

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What a difference four years made.

In September 2004, A-list conservative bloggers, like the ones at Power Line and Little Green Footballs, were basking in the glow of their most famous campaign achievement: taking down CBS’s Dan Rather for using questionable documents in a 60

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