The Palin Model

by Patrick Appel

Drum believes that political candidates will shun the press in greater and greater numbers:

I'm putting my money on the Palin-ization of politics. Partly this isbecause the mainstream press is dying anyway, and partly it's becausePalin and others are demonstrating that you really don't needconventional press coverage to win. In fact, as Rand Paul and SharronAngle can testify, it's a real risk. Between YouTube and Twitter andFacebook and blogs and friendly talk radio hosts —...