The Politico's Jonathan Martin reports on the launch of McCainPedia, the DNC's "wiki-like hub of their opposition research on the GOP nominee."

The use of the web to release information harmful to the opposition is a smart move and something I've privately urged the GOP to do. People like me -- modern volunteers willing to hammer on Barack with YouTube vids etc. -- need some direction from time-to-time.

In fact, one of the most impressive uses of the Internet is HillaryHub.com - a website which Hillary uses to help provide resources to her community of modern online activists and shape the narrative of the race with influentials.

In launching the wiki-site, ironically, Howard "scream" Dean said:

"While the base of the Republican Party continues to shrink, Democrats are growing our ranks by trusting the American people with the facts of John McCain's own record."

Shocking, but that's not entirely true. The website does not allow "the American people" to participate in the discussion about McCain. In fact, unless you work in the basement of the DNC you're unable to edit the page or participate in any way other than to consume the baseless allegations.

Let the record show that Howard Dean, in launching a "fact" site, has already told his first falsity. Keep that in mind.

Yesterday, the Republican National Committee started actively engaging its Twitter profile @RNC. They did so by seeking out folks to follow.

The reaction from the Twittering community, of which I'm an active member, was mixed. Some folks were a little confused that @RNC was following their updates, others, weren't very pleased at all.

A sampling via TweetScan:

I posted my own tweet:

But what I really found interesting was this tweet by Peter Fleck:

Could it be possible that the Democratic National Committee was not actively engaging Twitter? I checked their alleged profile, @DNC, and found this to indeed be the case:

Score for the good guys! A nice scoop of porridge to our friends at the RNC: @CyrusK, @JamesRichardson, @LizMair.

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