tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13734864.post3410956571054688187..comments2024-01-04T08:02:29.500-05:00Comments on Attempts: Interesting Comments on the Democratic PrimaryStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16524368948187746248noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13734864.post-66192713277183832602008-01-06T19:56:00.000-05:002008-01-06T19:56:00.000-05:00Josh,I think that's a great jujitsu move you pulle...Josh,<BR/><BR/>I think that's a great jujitsu move you pulled on that metaphor. If the metaphor controlled the facts, then you'd definitely have nailed it.<BR/><BR/>Of course, metaphors are imperfect, so I don't know if you're right -- which is another way of saying that I too continue to have nagging doubts -- but I think that, given the alternatives, I'm sold for now.<BR/><BR/>SFStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16524368948187746248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13734864.post-15991847592890002582008-01-06T13:15:00.000-05:002008-01-06T13:15:00.000-05:00I'm excited about the Obama phenom, but also have ...I'm excited about the Obama phenom, but also have some of these nagging doubts. Can he really succeed by ignoring the rules of the politics game, the power structure of the right wing which isn't going away? I agree that the "dot com" analogy expresses the worry well, but it also contains the seeds for hope. Many dot coms started out ignoring the rules of the game, and most failed, but a few succeeded wildly and really did change the world. What distinguished the ones that succeeded -- amazon, ebay, and most of all google -- was a convergence of factors: style, message, content and services that people needed and hungered for, luck, timing, professionalism when it counts. These factors allowed the winning dot coms to build the critical mass necessary to rewrite the rules of the game in business. I see these same factors coming together in Obama's campaign. <BR/><BR/>Josh <BR/>(please respond by email since I don't get to read blogs all that often)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com