GOP’s Head of Tech Uninstalls

Having failed the daunting task of making John McCain’s campaign seem up-to-date on technology, Republican e-campaign director Cyrus Krohn is done with the party. In a parting blog post, Krohn said the GOP needs to match Dems “programmer-for-programmer,” and right now the party stocks them in “terribly short supply.” But don’t go bashing conservatives for being behind on tech, he warns, noting that there are plenty of bloggers and tweeters among the ranks. In fact, the GOP was a leader in technology up until the last campaign, when the Dems snatched up the best ideas and created a formidable Web presence. The perception that conservatives are behind the times is due to the “blog-flogging of political simpletons,” Krohn said. Fine, but it couldn’t have helped when Republican National Committee chairman Mike Duncan said the party has to “do it in the Facebook.” [EVoterInstitute via Ars Technica]