How The Digital Divide Doomed Mitt Romney And Burdens The GOP

The Vast Digital Divide That Dooms The GOP
In this Sept. 12, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes comments on the killing of U.S. embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla. With protests at U.S. embassies and four Americans dead, Romney is suddenly facing a presidential election focused on a foreign policy crisis he gambled wouldn't happen. But it did happen _ and at a bad time. Momentum in the race is on President Barack Obama's side and Republicans are fretting over the state of their nominee's campaign. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
In this Sept. 12, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes comments on the killing of U.S. embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla. With protests at U.S. embassies and four Americans dead, Romney is suddenly facing a presidential election focused on a foreign policy crisis he gambled wouldn't happen. But it did happen _ and at a bad time. Momentum in the race is on President Barack Obama's side and Republicans are fretting over the state of their nominee's campaign. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

One afternoon last month, I paid a visit to two young Republicans named Bret Jacobson and Ian Spencer, who work in a small office in Arlington, Va., situated above an antique store and adjacent to a Japanese auto shop. Their five-man company, Red Edge, is a digital-advocacy group for conservative causes, and their days are typically spent designing software applications for groups like the Heritage Foundation, the Republican Governors Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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