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I think the GOP should stick with what has worked for them in the past. Follow Newt's dogma and called the opposition names from behind partitions and bushes. Not That Bush though.

And when they have something odious to say, resort to whispering beneath their white hoods.

I hope it's a cold day in Hell before the GOP rules again. There was a reason the GOP was out for so long following the fall of McCarthy.

I find it interesting that the most powerful media for the GOP is AM radio, the least advanced of the electronic media, and the most powerful media for the Democrats is the internet. There's a lesson in this somewhere.

To all you young liberals, It was the US Military that invented the internet not Al Gore. And the all volunteer military at that time was conservative to moderate/right by over 90%. The internet is not a left wing have.

I respectfully disagree with Meghan McCain that the web tech for communication will help the GOP to come back. It is not the technology, but it is the ideological principle and its application in daily socioeconomic lives of America that matters the most. The ideas of the GOP are really old and outdated. Those ideas are backdated as far as 1950s America. Those ideas are simply obsolete for the 21st century America. The GOP at its current philosophical stature is irrelevant for the better future of America. The transformation of the GOP in 2008 from the national to regional party has its proof.

Meghan forgot to mention the lack of diversity in the Republican Party. Technology can only take you so far. The Republican Party just does not get it because it is made up mainly of old white men. The demographics of this country are changing. Unless these old white folks get it through their thick heads there is more to be a US citizen than being white their Party will decline to extinction. Just having blond's, redhead's and brunettes is not the answer to diversity. Embracing other cultures and melding their values with theirs will be the only way the Republican Party will survive

Ditto to what Tariq just said – I am also a Democrat and I think Meghan makes a substantial point.

Beyond the party lines, though, we need to do a better job of embracing technology as a nation. It plays such a huge role in communication and education and it has the potential to help us solve some of the big problems that we currently face.

An interesting idea for repulican propaganda. she failed to understand that the repulicans were defeated because of the message they have crafted for years and not the way they have delivered it. The repulicans will only succeed if they adopt more progressive approach. Tecnology will not help them as long as they adhere to the reactionay ideas.

Yeah, like that would teach you how to consider the life of human beings who are grown the same way you consider the unborn child's life: Sacret.

Tell me what technology is going to do to reconcile your love of guns, wars, and the money that come with it, with your love of the unborn babies, at the expense of adults and born children, and your hate for some of the later?

Republicans need to start embracing a lot more than just technology. Republicans, quite simply, are no longer the conservative party, they've turned into a fundamentalist, hate mongers who live in the past. Part of their problem is how they continue to use the word "liberal" as if its a swear word. They are no longer the party of fiscal responsibility, They are no longer the party of the average American. They are the party of old rich people. Sadly, old rich people have a habit of dying

Things continue as they are, Republicans as a party will die off and Dems will splinter off into smaller groups, some conservative, some liberal. There will always be a need for a balance of opinions. liberals and conservatives need to come together. Republicans don't do that. Their motto is "Our way or else."

Obama's circus is just another reason why I'm happy to be Republican. I wouldn't go as far as saying I'm an anarchist, but I'm someone who believes in very limited government. The Republicans are starting to regain their image as anti-government and I'm happy about that. I have disagreed with them on many issues, but agree Democrats are a fraud including Obama.

Inexperienced blonde McCain needs to lose weight first before she is embraced by fat Republican Americans. Second, she, like her father, must accept an African-American politician beat the Republicans at the polls. Thirdly, the McCain women have to stop stealing drugs from non-profits for self-profit medication while the rest of America scrounges around for Medicaid! Admit your drug use!

To Joe the Liberal Plumber – you ignorant lunatic. Who do you think is paying for this program? China and the Arab nations are loaning Obama the money that will be paid back by our children and their children–of they don't call the loan first. Dems are deluded, hopelessly sophomoric, naive, and dangerous.

I think she has a point, and nowhere did I see her claiming that lack of tech savvy was the reason her father lost. She said it greatly contributed, which I would agree with. Obama's campaign used technology to effectively spread the message and accept donations, as well as make people feel connected by receiving IMs.

Using technology to reach the youth voters was a good idea, and the GOP should get on board to get a better connection to and online community with their supporters if they want to stay relevant. Frankly, the amount of hatred being spewed towards Ms. McCain for having this opinion is shameful. I thought we were all about inclusion and respecting others now.

Another superficial attempt at trying to seem hip, just as was the selection of Steele as the head of the RNC.

A republican who actually get its! I'm surprised. The GOP is dying out literally-its members are geriatric.

It would actually be much better if the Republicans embraced some new ideas. As far as I can see, they're a party of tax cuts and opposing same sex marriage, and that's about it for their core beliefs. Neither of these beliefs will do anything to solve the problems we have right now (which are largely of the last administration's doing). Getting more tech savvy won't help that core issue.

lol it's not just the young on the laptop everyday.....
Perhaps on one of their 'jaunts' or 'working vacations' they can give lessons to GOP elected members on how to use a PC, create a Web site, etc.....

Man talk about schizo. Most Republicans are trying to push the World back into the Dark Ages where religion, zealots, despots, dictators, and royalty ruled everything.

And add CNN to that main media comment....they only tell you part of the story too. And sometimes, a totally different story than the truth! I've seen it, that's why I remain an independent. That way, neither side can tell me how to think...you should try the same.

If the GOP changed enough to be tech savvy, they would no longer be the same sort of party. Progressive Conservatives? LOL!

The Republican party needs to move to the center and attract more moderate votes who swung the last election. Time to kick the mean spirited Rush Limbaugh apologists to the curb and tell the christian right to tone things down a notch. John McCain had my vote until he sold his principles to the right wing for the nomination.

Give me a Pawlenty, a Ridge, even a Pataki after years of far right ideological dimbulbery. If 6-8 modrate thinkers can form an alliance and lick the strident right to the curb, the republicans have a chance. otherwise, 2010 is going to be a repeat of 2008.

You'd think she'd teach her father how to use a computer before scolding the entire GOP...

How about the GOP stop trying to turn the people of this country against each other and stop being Hippocrates . Why can they NOW show decent against the president doesn't that make them un American , haters of democracy , LIBERALS ? I guess I just imagined the last 8 years huh?

Someone said the Republicans will be back in power 2010/2012.

I call that careless whisper! I give them at least 20 years in the wilderness; if they are lucky.

It is not that not using technology makes the repubs old, it is that being old makes them not use technology. Get a grip, girlfriend.

I think that is small part of it...but not ALL of it...I think the Republican party is just "out of touch" with the American people...They can get as computer savvy as they want...but until they "truly" understand the needs of the average American...they will not gain many new constituents... I do think that this is thinking outside of the box...it's a start..but they have a VERY LONG WAY to go.

I agree with her wholeheartedly , because when I tried to make a donation to McCain's campaign, I could not reach anyone after 5 eastern . I could not believe they did not even have a message recorder to take my info or get back to me. Who ever heard of not having someone taking donations thru the evening out west ? No RECORDER ??? I then tried to thru the website and it was a total joke as well. I left my cell # and e-mail info and waited several days – NADA ! So to give them $ 500 in desperation I called before 5 eastern and got a luke warm body who took it and when I asked about at least a phone machine to get the calls after 5 she blew me off ! I think they had to be gov. drones to run it like that. McCain earned that loss. I would not like his way of running the gov. anyway if its like his campaign.

In other words, Meghan, you're telling your party to pander, falsely, to people in order to fix the Bush damage that was done.

Too late. Where were you during the period Americans were subjected to Push-A-Palin?!

Or, do you plan to use the technology in order to obstruct governmental progress to a new level and degree?!

oh well...

This dumb blonde just wants to be seen and heard. The Republicans Party needs to die. They are the party of hatered. There is no longer any space in the world for hate groups such as the Republicans.

These repugs need to lbe in touch with the real world world not the good ole white boy world. They need to get rid of all those ole white men however; that is part of their problem the younger generation does not agree with this ole repug. party. Learning ANY new technology is the least of their problems.

yea... the internet....
that's why the republicans lost.

anything to sleep at night I suppose.

Tech savvy only helps if you have intelligent people running a campaign and running for office. McCain / Palin's message spoke for itself and then America spoke for the country.

Honey, techno-fluency isn't the GOP's problem. It's their attitude and the hypocricies they are showing the American Citizens.

This holier than thou attitude will get them nowhere.

This girl is dreaming. GOP members and supporters can and do use the computer just fine.It is the intolerant,backwards looking people and the views they express like Palin and Limbaugh who are killing us.

Wise statements from the young McCain, but they are unlikely to be heeded as well as they could be. Republicans by nature do not embrace new technology and that will increasingly cost them. The only way for Republicans to stay a driving force in America is to change the very ideals that define them. The outdated, dark age mentality that makes them Republican.

How can you belong to the 21st century and be a Republican. That is an oximoron.

Someone needs to tell this woman that lack of technological knowhow is the least of the Republicans' worries and most certainly NOT the reason that they will remain the minority party for a long time to come. The suggestion that all the Republican message needs in order to be attractive to young people is to "go digital " is insulting to our nation's young people. Then again, considering the source, I'm not surprised.

The GOP will likely decline in power because they are stupid! They have outdated ideologies, they are nasty,, they have no good idea's let alone any ideas that matter at all! It's not just getting tech savvy, it's the message that counts and they're message is wrong for this country. They think by electing a black man to head up the RNC it will somehow attract more minorities, it's not the color of someone's skin, it's what he or she has to say and Steele is as nasty a piece of work as they get! Another clueless move, they should just disband, the country would be better off without them!

Funny that this young lady figured out what the brilliant leaders of the G.O.P. could not. Perhaps the Republicans might yet join the 21st Century. Then again...

We can only thank Heaven that Al Gore invented the internet!!!

why is anyone listening to her anyway? puzzling ... but at least "more repubs are on twitter than demos "... that outta help in laying the proper foundations! ... FYI "bob's on his way to his liberal bed." lol

The only place for blame on our current state of affairs is back on ourselves. We continue to elect people on party lines and not their true platform which means conditions aren't going to change in the political climate.Congress was at 19% approval rating in the past year.There are plenty of independent parties that run for election each year on a better platform who aren't even getting a shot. Stop blaming the left or right on the way things are, and vote for people by their character and common sense.

Is she running for office.Shes wearing a Lincoln neckless,guess that makes her real bright.The Republicans are tech savvy when it comes to fixing voting machines.

Republicans represent greedy old people and greedy trust fund babies who all have their place in Corporate America and could give 2 craps about the rest of us

Death to the party of blood money and greed

So the problem isnt the GOP message and its the messengers fault?

the internet isn't the only modern concept that the republicans need to start embracing.

im just sayin'...

I can't believe the GOP hasn't figured this out,you are absolutely correct!!!

The problem with Republican leaders and voters (aka American Taliban) is both are dumb as a box of rocks and 1/2 as interesting.

who care's what mccain's daughter says. she's stated she is a dem anyway

Maybe because the repubilcans are a bunch of lying, corrupt
losers, and as dumb as they come, they could never figure
out technology. Look what they did with intelligence and the
WMD's, does that even look intelligent with. you. We're in
this mess because they couldn't organize a rock fight, or
keep this country afloat. What jerks!!!

AMEN MS. MCCAIN!

My uncle lost his job because of the GOP. If there is anything worse than listening to your aunt's quavery voice over the phone when you next hear from her, she trying to stay off the subject, I've not yet experienced it. What they need NOW is hope. This is something John McCain never promised or even mentioned. It wasn't lack of tech savvy that lost him the election, it was his inability to inspire the American initiative that is in all of us. It was that he was unable to list what he will do to help the American people. It was that he lost his dignity when running against George W. Bush. Megan McCain read this post.

Ha ha, when the party consists primarily of racist old white guys who think that tax cuts for billionaires are the cure for everything, that the Earth is 6000 years old, and that global warming is a scientific conspiracy it is not surprising that their views are not getting traction. Stupidity dispersed by any technology is still stupidity.

But computers aren't in the Bible!

The Republican Party embracing technology is about as likely as these same people accepting science.

Being out of step with technology is the least of the GOP's worries. They are out of step with the American people. Yet in their ignorance, and arrogance, they continue down the same path. I guess that's part and parcel of "conservative" – not only afraid to veer off the beaten path but inable to even see it as an option.

why is this news??? Didn't have enough Palin news to bore us with?

John McCain does not even know how to send an Email.

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So,she still carries the mutant highland gene.

Who really cares what she thinks. She is the offspring of a candidate that lost (how many times?). Dear god woman, shut up and fade away into the background...where you belong.

Oh Megan, don't you see that you are being used? Core values come
first, living them comes second and way way down the GOP's
list is technology. GOPs are a bunch of angry old people and haters of change. Start there...change is good...it will bring success. Give the rest of America suggestions for change and not excuses and negativity.

Put a sub in it Meghan! You look hungry.

You go girl...about time the Republican party listens to you!!!

Keep in mind, being tech savvy is just being more efficient in spreading the Republican disconnect with American youth....

It is still the smartest thing I've heard from a Republican nonetheless....doesn't say much about what they've been saying

Honestly, this is smartest thing I've heard any Republican say since the elections.....and I am a democrat but not afraid to give credit where it's due.

Thank you Meghan for being honest with yourself before anything

Does anyone really believe McCain/Palin lost because Repubs don't know enough about iPods and email?

Does anyone really believe that?

Hey, Mister "Dems Done in 4" who the @%$# do you think you are?!?! The GOP is done for the next few decades! Who the #$@% do you think got us into this god$%#@ economic mess anyways?!?! And when you say that the dems have already done much of what M. McCain said they would do, what exactly are you implying?!?! McCain's only economic resolution was to cut taxes and not follow the liberal ideas of "tax and spend", so instead we can "borrow and spend" so as to run up the national debt even higher and drive us further into this economic @%#$hole!!!!! President Obama is doing his utmost to help everyone with the new stimulus plan!!! He's trying to get our car companies back to life to create jobs in the U.S. not China! Obama's trying to help every man woman and child who needs it with his tax distribution!!! When McCain calls the stimulus plan "generational theft" what the @#$% does he call the Bush Tax cuts and billions of dollars we've already WASTED in "Iraqistan"!!!!!!!!!! I rest my case.

Umm....maybe the fact that Bush took a surplus and turned it into a multi-billion dollar deficit had more to do with it? \

Maybe McCain saying ONE WEEK before the collapse that "the fundamentals of our economy are sound" had something to do with it?

Maybe the Bush wanting to sell all those US Ports to the Middle East had something to do with it? (I thought we were suppose to fear them?)

Maybe McCain being indicted as part of the "Keating Five" had something to do with it?

Maybe Palin and her "separatist" ideals had something to do with it?

Maybe the fact that Bush added more to the National Debt than ALL OTHER administrations combined had something to do with it?

hrm.....ya think?

GOP can win if it becomes socially liberal and is fiscally disciplined.

Meghan,

Your father isn't the most clueless one in the family. Your mother probably made the two dumbest statements of the whole campaign. She told the Today show “None of this negative stuff, though. You won’t see it come out of our side at all, because – My husband is absolutely opposed to any negative campaigning at all”.

Cindy McCain probably set a record for clueless statements when she said "(Sen. Barack Obama) has "waged the dirtiest campaign in American history”. She is the one needing info on accessing the Internet.

Matthew, Bush had NO international strength. If you measure his strength by how many allies we lost during his Presidency then yes, he was mighty strong.

I would have voted for McCain also because I thought he was an honest and moderate Republican. But as soon as he started pandering to the religious wingnuts and brought Palin on board I knew he wasn't the one I wanted in Office. Although being technologically savvy would have helped, I do not believe it would have been enough to save him. He admitted that he doesn't even know how to use Email for God sakes. Let's give Obama 4 years to do his job an then re-evaluate his down and upsides. I try to imagine what McCain would have done to stimulate the economy but I can't imagine it would be anything near what Obama is doing. I'm pretty sure we'd fall into a Great Depression if McCain were in office during this time of economic crises.

i think it has more to do with one group speaking truth to power and tapping into the values of a people than whether or not they know how to twitter or digg or facebook...

it's a little insulting to imply that young people are drawn into the political process in this way.

I don't think it would of mattered much in the last election whether the republicans had been "web savy." The fact is they are disconnected with Americans because of their backward policies and inability to lead in a proactive way both domestically and internationally.

One last thing. The republicans are a bunch of pathetic cry babies who have no intention to work with the democrats. They should realize that around the world people look to President Obama as something of a "deliverer." They believe in him so much that their exsists an opportunity for America to bring positive and dramatic change to our world. Republicans don't care about this all they care about is to undermine President Obama and regain power at any cost, even if it means a worsening economy. This selfishness is what created the economic mess
we are in, in the first place.

Nick
Canada

The issue is they are disconnected with the AMERICAN PEOPLE not technology. Republicans LOST the election and now need sandbag EVERY idea until the next election and pray their stall tactics work.

WE ARE NOT FALLING FOR IT. The GOP needs to get out of the way and let someone else try to fix their mess. YES THE GOP MESS. They had their chance and it didn't work. They have no new ideas. Get out of the way and let Obama help fix this.

I love it. I couldn't have told it better myself!

It doesn't matter how tech savvy the GOP gets...they are doomed.Their beliefs are a total joke!

I am glad that this young woman has an opinion or two of her own.

However, I don't think technical prowess had that much to do with the loss of the last election by Senator McCain.

It had everything to do with what we are seeing now attitude-wise by Republicans. They hate everyone and everything that they consider "liberal."

And that is alot.

Come on...the Republicans are always blaming everything else except the real reason they lost the election – what their campaign was supporting. They won't win next time, either. Their campaign's constant hate messages didn't help either.

Megan is as much of a dolt as her father.....runs in the family. She's hardly one to talk about being tech savvy. Blogging doesn't count!!!!!

So.....you think that the "old geezers" know what internet is???

The change that is needed is for the party to stop living in the past realize the party's greed and selfishness place them right where they need to be, outside the White House. Look at the state of the country that was ran by the party for the last 8 years. This country is in shambles as well as the world. You all should hang your heads in shame and give up some of the billions of dollars you stole from the country.

Another WHINING REPUBLICAN.......

Wow, name-calling, personal insults and an inability to stick to issues. Too much anger allows both sides to make uninformed decsisons. Sadly this is the continuing demise of the US people. You have allowed the parties to choose who runs this country. The people no longer have a say, despite what you think. I hope a future generation discovers it before it is too late.

The GOP is trying to hold this country back by refusing to face the realities of the future. America is becoming a third world country in education, health care and poverty, yet the GOP says NO when President Obama asks for their cooperation with the stimulus package.
Will somebody please wake those old guys up so they can smell their stench?

Wrong!Wrong! Thr problem with the Republican Leadership and party is that their message is wrong. It will not resonate (except with their own dwindeling basde). They are totally out of touch with the main stream. Just gretting up to date with technology will not solve their emabedded problems. They need a different and more centerist and less nasty and more constructive faction to rebuilt the party from the ground up.

Wow, that is very insightful and genuine. You have to learn from how the other guys beat you. The people who swing an election are generally not too rabid one way or the otehr. That's how results change over time. If you don't figure out what the other group did to make it happen then you just lose.

Not true....people are wanting a change and they are tired of the GOP and their rhetoric on shoving the fear of terrorists down our throats I disagree with their ideology....

Megan, I've read quite a few of your blogs though mostly over music or pop culture content. Unfortunately, the republican party needs a personality or the youth in the country will see them merely as the stuffy old man club, not as serious politicians facing the issues that matter to them.

Ms. McCain, you ain't even a real blond, get a life girl

"This has been a source of personal frustration for me for a very long time," said McCain of the party's seeming disconnect with... " EVERYTHING, you bimbette/Palin Jr.

have to agree here that it wasn't the lack of Web savvy that roasted the GOP and sent McCain back to one of his many houses. It was and remains the hateful stance that the GOP takes toward most Americans. Senator McCain lost my respect when he began pandering to right-wing hatemongers and ideologues and then tried to blame the left for his loss. The GOP is NOT the party of America's future. It is a lost cause and the sooner we put it out its misery, the better America will be. We are NOT here to be controlled, manipulated, preached at and hated by ideologues. Get that hrough your head, McCain daughter and GOP members.

Also, George Bush's legacy has left a practically irremovable stain of the GOP. No one is about to consider a Republican Office now. So wait a few dozen presidential terms, then you can get you can be the second female President Megan, since Caroline Kennedy will be the first. Also try not to follow your dad with 100% negativity ads. Do something with your life Megan, politics aren't the only thing you could do. Since you're a conservative you can be a Wall Street broker or in the oil business. So cheer up.

Even though I loathe John McCain, especially after wathing him turn into a monster during this past election, his daughter has a great point. The GOP DOES need to embrace technology to reach those of us who are plugged in. It's time they speed this up, and I'm glad she brought this to their attention.

I thought most of them didn't believe in evolution. They can't get here from there without it.

You Go Girl!!

Regaurdless of the party it is necessary for all to be capable of relating to this century's technology. You are a very good representation of the up and comming future, speaking you mind and being involved. Keep it going On!!

Best Wishes

J

If she sits and surf she won't have time for working out....
Look at her!

Meagan, the GOP has serious problems your father and the Idiot he chose as a Vice President being one of them, but being tech savvy is the least of Grand Old Party of the Klu Klux Klan. Get real.

Getting "tech savvy" won't do them the slightest bit of good as long as they keep up the same self-righteous, narrow-minded, bigoted, drivel they've been spouting for eight-years. It won't do them any good as long as they persist in their betrayal of true Conservatism by espousing Big Government, Big Spending, and Big Chip on the Shoulder foreign policy.

The old fogies in the GOP will never become tech savvy...

Perhaps they can get savvy to the concept of evolution afterward.

That's because the Republican party (although there are some exceptions) is the party of selfishness, I'm holier-than-thou, "different is bad" and "be afraid of change." It's no wonder the got trounced last election. The American people finally woke up!

Ok, Meghan! The GOP just needs to get tech savvy, and all Hitler needed was a new mustache! Right!

95% of the comments on this Blog are from absolute liberal morons!

You will all get what you deserve

Wow, what a pretty young lady you are.
And you're absolutely right in what you're saying to the RNC.

The Republicans do neeed to get their message out to more people.

Spending $789 billion was a huge mistake. People need to know why.

This stimulus paln will fail. Republicans will be back in power in 2010 and 2012. With or without the internet.

Hey look! A story about a Republican! Let's all ignore the content of the story and make sweeping generalizations about the Republican party! Maybe we can come up with some clever insults that we can morph into a derivative of the word Republican or someones name...that one never gets old!

Yeah!

The only Republican that understands the internet is Ron Paul.
And that is what he made 6 million fed notes in 1 day.Know that is
understanding the internet.

Obama spent over $600+M and McCain spent $80+M. All the technology in the world isn't going to overcome that differential. Heck, Obama spent more on his inaugural parties, $130+M, than McCain spent on his campaign. It's a horrible precedent that will lead to billion dollar campaigns in 2012...

if Meghan McCain thinks her daddy's defeat was due to his (and the GOP's) lack of tech savvy, then she's as deluded as the party leaders. The GOP and McCain lost because they offered nothing new for the American public; rather the old tired strain of tax cuts (while the economy was crumbling), abortion (the vast majority of Americans want abortion legal) and the horrible choice of extremist Sarah Pallin did in her daddy. But, hey, if she wants to continue thinking the only thing between the GOP and the White House is a website, then by all means..continue thinking that, Meghan. Get back to us after your party's slaughtered again in the midterms and Obama wins in a bigger landslide in 2012.

Oh! THAT's what it is!

It's because they don't have the tech lingo, not because they are dead wrong and out of date on every other issue as well!

Thank God we have Whatshername McCain, otherwise the GOP might be in the dog house permanently. Oh wait...

But no worries! As soon as the economy will start improving thanks to the stimulus bill, the GOP's approval will soar because they were the ones who came up with it, and they all voted for it. Oh, wait.

It's not the technology that's missing from the republican party , honey. It's the lack of intellegence, drive and ideas to get the people back on
track...
Picking Palin, and many in the party still think she may be "the one",
was/is another blunder.
Get rid of the greedy as well!

it's not technology that the racist republicans need, it's caring what we the people think, not filthy rich CEOs, it's not putting people down all the time, it's taking time to listen, we tried to tell them what a MISTAKE palin was, but they didn't listen, to this very day they won't admit what a horrible mistake that was.

to the bigoted hate-ful republiklans, saying NO is being tech savvy.

Megan McCain is trying to restart a car engine that will not start. If she wants to get the GOP running she needs to get a whole new engine. Leave behind the rusty and broken parts and the ones that don't fit no matter how hard you tinker, (Sarah Palin). The Democratic party has a new engine tires suspension and runs %100 on electricity. It'll take some major replacements for the GOP to get on par with the Democrats.

Disconnect with technology? How about a disconnect with reality?

Meghan...

I would have voted for your Dad in 2000. I might have considered him in 2008, however, he lost my vote when he just became another Republican pandering for the religious right's vote. He lost my respect when he picked Sarah Palin to be his second. Your father lost his way in his quest to be President. The Republican Party lost me when it lost its values of fiscal responsibility and then putting religious belief as they see it first and not the average American.

I laughed myself silly over this article. This Republican shows once again why the party was crushed in last fall's election. Instead of focusing on the idea that her dad represented the ideas of the elite and rich, she thinks that there is some other cause for the defeat. She is just stupid enough to be VP material for the Republicans in 2012.

When someone invents a way to kill things (deer, moose, etc.) using a computer the Repugs will be the first in line!

" Where do I get one of dem dere computorizers?"

it wasnt the internet that beat the rush-coulter party
it was leaders like rush and coulter

Nothing we did not already know...but thanks for the observation. Well, coming into the "21st Century" is not just about logging into technology – The GOP needs a major paradigm shift in their perception, their thinking and in their heart.

Than you Megan. You hit the nail on the head!!

Yes, the Republican party should be thankful for young Republicans who speak out for the party, but it's pretty well proven by now that most of what John McCain said the dems would do the dems have done already. 2012 election will be much easier for the Republicans.

To answer a few common refrains in earlier posts- Ms. McCain did not say that her father lost because of a lack of tech savvy among Republicans- the article states that she said it greatly contributed- that does not mean she is blaming the loss on just that issue.

Another refrain appears to be one or more variant of sore winnerism's. To which I have to say- you carry more weight, particularly with those who don't have an already fixed orthodoxy if you behave with some degree of thoughtfulness.

I get the web, and technology (I have been involved in building and operating the infrastructure of the Internet almost every single day since '91), and I've been a reluctant Republican for a while now.

One thing I've learned is that it is a positive character trait to learn from your mistakes. Guess what, one of Bill Clinton's strongest attributes (yes, I can actually respect Mr. Clinton) was his ability to adopt his opponents ideas when they were better.

Republicans learning from the operational errors of the last two election cycles is a good thing. Congratulations Dems- you out campaigned us in a number of areas- you should be proud. You should be concerned that my party is learning from you, and has a history of taking good ideas and executing better than you.

More important are the completely ignored statements that Michael Steele has been making. The ones where he says we screwed up. That our leaders became corrupt. That we increased the size of government power, programs, spending and debt. That we didn't embrace technology, and depended on what worked for us in the mid 90's. That the party needs to accept those of us that aren't pro-life, that support gay-marriage, etc. etc.

Thats what the head of the RNC is saying. It may not be reported on CNN or other media outlets, but it is getting out to the party membership, and our spirits are lifted and our wallets are coming out.

We're Republicans, in some ways we do better in the minority. We certainly are now the party of change, ironically. Please feel free to write us off, to sneer, to bash Bush for everything as if it still matters, to gloat. It just makes you look bad to those who haven't made up their mind, reinforces that you are in power (and responsible!) now, and takes away from time that you could be doing something useful to advance your case.

Please, feel free. But perhaps, in the back of your head, be concerned.

It's too late...it is not the the repubs. are not tech savvy...it is that their philosophy is totally out of touch with the 21st century...with all the wingnut water carriers they have delivering their message and not having any true leaders amongst their ranks, they are destined to fall much further into irrelevance before we see any change

nothing can top what Susan wrote.

ROFLMQAO!!!

Tech savvy? Mr. Bojangles? Off the hook? Retardican RAP??!!

Lord, have mercy! I can barely get my breath, I'm laughing so hard.

NOT knowing how to type and NOT having a computer terminal on one's desk USED to be the sign of an EXECUTIVE.

Since that's the demographic and the mentality that makes up the Rethugnantcriminal Party, I'm not at ALL surprised they think a bit belongs in a mule's mouth (not going THERE ).

What has ruined the Republican Party is crooked republicans –nothing else–Bush. Need I say more.

I applaud her comments.

The GOP has many problems and have lost their soul. They need to re identify their base.

They lost all financial responsibility in the last 8 years. I give Pres Bush credit for his International strength but he failed miserably in the financial segment. The 350 Billion for TARP was another mistake.

The GOP party became runaway spend thrifts.

I totally would.

The two sides issued a joint statement on the paper’s Web site stating that “Ms. Iseman has accepted The Times’s explanation, which will appear in a Note to Readers to be published in the newspaper on Feb. 20, that the article did not state, and The Times did not intend to conclude, that Ms. Iseman had engaged in a romantic affair with Senator McCain or an unethical relationship on behalf of her clients in breach of the public trust.”

Sounds like a retraction to me. Why people read the NY Times is beyond me.

That is a lot of B/S. Daddy was not turned down because of lack of COMPUTER/INTERNET skills. Daddy was booted because 6% of the voting public were scared as hell to think his running mate Barbie Doll Sarah Palin could possibly inherit the Oval Office by actions of the OLD REAPER.

yes, well, Meghan, it also has something to do with the content of the GOP as well – which is painfully obvious right about now as they continue to obstruct all efforts to help America go forward! the biggest problem with the GOP is that they care only about themselves, their religion based dogma, and defeating the other party – one that contains over half of our country...the GOP is the party of old angry white men...and they've done little to help the country in a very long time...

MEGHAN,YOUR FATHER WAS HAVING FUN AND SEX WITH VICKI DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND CORRUPTED HIS PARTY. DIRTY OLD MAN.

Well, it requires Neurons and Smart Brains to become Tech Savy....something Dems have already demonstrated!

Who has let her out of the CAVE?

The Republicans should focus upon practicing what they preach before learning tech stuff. They lose support due to their hypocrisy not web pages!!!

Sour Grapes....I told you they were all desperate...

The GOP need to change a lot more than that!

And that's all it takes to win an election? Don't think so!

sorry baby , your daddy is a moron. you father is a good american but the right wing of your part, he rush, hannity, o'reilly and the reat of the immigrant hater need to get there act together.

Let's see Bill Clinton Built a bridge to the 21st century and then Bush Inc. burned that bridge and built a tunnel to the 17th century and so now all the have to do is learn how to use e-mail and their problems will be solved?

Okay give a try, but to quote a memorable moment from the primaries "You can put lip-stick on a pig and it still a pig."

Or to put it another way with an agricultural flare " You can fill a silk bag with manure, but it doesn't change the content"

It will take more than Internet savvy to save the Repulican Party. They now have a Black leader who is an insult to Blacks everywhere...someone who has now embraced Ebonics, e.g., "bling – bling," to show that he is Black. He is the Phase II of the GOP's unity and inclusiveness approach...First Sarah Palin to get women, now Steele to get Blacks, what's next George Takai to get Asians? The point is, the core of their approach is wrong...being tech saavy does not "perfume the pig."

She is right on. I told my wife hundreds of times during the election that the Dem's use of the internet was going to bury the Republicans. As she said, and I agree (I'm 43 by the way not a kid), the Republicans look and act as old as the people in the party (and I'm a registered Republican). If they don't get their s&$% together quick, they will lose again in 4 years regardless of how well or poorly Obama does.

If the times keep changing faster and faster... the republican party will become a dinosaur that can never keep up because that's what it means to be conservative. Conservatives never understand the world because they are afraid of change and the world is change. Well, let them be left behind, I say.

Lack of exposure on the internet was the LEAST of John McCain's problems. Sounds like Meghan is in a little denial too.

oh yea, the internet, that's why you lost

it couldn't POSSIBLY have anything to do with the GOPs absurdly destructive policies

she needs to get on the tread mill and off the computer .

The GOP leadership does not care at all about the American people - hasn't that been proven to be true for the last eight years?!? Look at how well off America is now. They are only interested in looking after their own elite, lobbyists, and corporations. The Democrats are not much better since they've been complicit in the many crimes which have been committed against the American people. If conservatives and the U.S. public in general have still not woken up to the fact that the greatest theft in world history has just been committed against them by a Republican "administration", then they do deserve everything they get.

Ain't it GRAND watching the Grand Old Party shrivel up and die??

They lack ideas, they aren't intellectually curious, they think doing more of the same old failed gimmicks (tax cuts) will work – this time, they don't know history and haven't learned anything from history .... the list goes on and on.

Does any Republican know why the Whigs disappeared and the Republicans won their first national election with Lincoln?

So much for the generations-long Republican majority Karl Rove was hatching.

Even Hannity doesn't claim to be a Republican.

And Sarah Palin is the gift that keeps on giving. I, with other Democrats, PRAY she will run in 2012.....

Lots of luck!!!

George in Alabama-if you think the internet is a "fad" then your party is truly doomed.

I'm a lifelong Democrat..and she is correct in so many ways. The internet and social marketing are a way to reach the young voter. However, I don't accept the idea that the Reps lost the election because of this connection..or disconnect. It was about McCain becoming a mainstream Republican to win the nomination (look at his stance now?! – oh, he's back to being a true maverick), Sarah Palin running the ticket to the far right, and the economy.

Sarah, go pay your taxes before you study the Bush Doctrine and talk with the mainstream media. Side bar: I've never heard if she considers FOX as "mainstream." HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

I hate to burst your bubble, Meghan, but it was the war-mongering race-baiting neocon message of the McCain-Palin-RNC ticket that We the People rejected, not the ineptitude in which it was delivered.

You are correct that the Republican Party must evolve, but that evolution must involve a big change in the Republican message, not merely the ways the message is delivered. Until such a time, the Republican Party will remain a marginalized and damaged brand.

After they become tech savvy they can then add some diversity to their party. Not the token they put in place Mr. Richard Steele. The Republican Party is a joke! Even their candidate did not know how to send an email. Get with the times!!

Conservative people are typically closed, they don't really care what happens outside US, only care about their country. (World Wide Web).. a global info source. Why liberals, and why all the nerds and geeks are liberal...tech savvy..because they have a global view... they wanna see positive results not just in US but globally...liberals dream about space..etc...etc..they wanna reach things that are unknown..and conservatives have some fear...may be it has to do with how they were raised.

What Mehgan & Steele and the GOP in general don't realize is that the Internet is a medium. What the GOP lacks is a message. I don't care how tech-savy they become, until they expand the message to include issues relevant to the groups they want to target, they will be rejected.

Right now the core message of the GOP is low taxes for the rich – no gov't services for the poor. And they think they are gong to sign up minorities & the young with that?

What with people incessantly reading and engaging in open communication, the internet encourages the truth. This is something the Republican party has a hard time with.

I have news for her, the reason the Republicans are losing out has a lot more to do with their policies than their internet savvy. The Republican Party is disconnected from "the real America", isn't that right Sarah Palin.

SHE NEEDS TO tell him to get a grip on the drug cartels hold on the state of arizona. while he's trying to undermine our president . you losers

Meghan, time to jump ship...
aka
Beam Me Up Scotty these Republicans are so not what's up...

Megan is right, the Democrats used all the available technology to help win the election. but remember this technology was on a vehicle to carry a sensible message to the people. Obama won because he had an efficient, organized agenda that America could relate to. Republicans have used the old ' wave the flag', support the police, in the past and it worked. They realized this rhetoric has become archaic and opted for 'throwing dirt', but failed to provide a plan for the future. One important issue they will have to stop promoting is, posturing themselves as being anti-black. A failure to reign in the media bigots who proudly express their racial hatred as loyal conservative republicans, will certainly mean doom in future elections. Having an African American GOP chairman is a step in the right direction to lure voters back, but this token gesture must build into authentic relationships with the general public to be successful.

Yep. It was not having a strong facebook presence or text messaging that did them in. Not years of racial politics, raising quacks like Limbaugh on a throne, having a virtual lack of diversity at their campaign rallies, creating an us versus them divide in America, irresponsible last 8 years, and hypocritical policies. None of that is the problem, only that they need more technology. Well now that that will be cleared up, I am sure all of the minorities, women, gays, hispanics, youth and college educated voters who voted for Obama will switch over in 2012. Republicans should make a clean sweep. Be sure to use the NY Post cartoon on the home page of the new tech savvy website too. That will definitely sway black voters the Republican way. Don't forget to mention that the guy Steele has really captivated all Democrats' hearts. We don't even need a DNC anymore. RNC....the way to go!

Idiots...

Grow up and accept that Obama WON fair and square. He followed your rules, played your game and WON. Get over it. Move on. Try something else, like caring about the American people instead of trying to step on everyone.

Why doesn't the GOP get people savvy instead of just catering to the rich?

Shame Meghan wasn't old enough to run for VP. She's a lot sharper than Winky Palin, you betcha.

SORRY. I think the Republicans need a lot more than Twitter.

Yeah...that's sounds real fun...the GOP texting us as to how much we should all be HATING our neighbors.
They're selling that "Ownership Society" nonsense...translated: OWN-YOUR-OWN SOCIETY.
Sure...the GOP supports WARS and things that glow in the dark but, as far as really supporting this country...they are NOT so supportive.
They NEVER have been.
It's not in their nature or ideology.
That's anti-your-neighbor..yet jingoistic as hell...stuff they're always tossing out here in cyberspace is a difficult message to SELL to enough people in this country to win a Presidency from now on.

It isn't the technology, message content is what matters.

You think that by becoming tech savvy, Republicans are going to get my vote? That's the least of the Republican Party's worries. Instead of becoming tech savvy, I think the Republican Party needs to step out of its shell of hypocrisy. In addition, it really needs to represent America as a whole (instead of just the South), rebuke the hijacking by the religious right, and drop its "good old boy" attitude.

The GOP needs to get savvy about a lot more than just the internet

Wow! You are a little too late Megan! Why wasn't she wise enough to recommend that before her father got deep into his campaign and lost? She is obviously a Republican, just a little too slow!

Megan, thank you! You are smart enough to recognize that the Industrial Age has been over since before you were born and we have been in the Information Age for quite a few years. Yes, your dad ( and maybe his party) was out of touch with our changing world. Now, however, YOU are in a situation of opportunity to use your voice (you must research futurology, of course) to reach people. I'm happy to hear you have taken a bold step to encourage 21st Century thinking. I didn't vote for your dad, I liked him eight years ago, but this time around, I even lost a lot of respect for him. Now if only daddy had listened to his smart daughter...

Megan is right on about that. And add to that the Republican party
has to separate church and state. As long as the republican party
is holding hands with right wing Christian fanatics who want to
shove their religion down everyone else's throat, there's a problem.

They need to do a LOT more than just get tech savvy! For one, they need to drop their Puritan pretense and get real. For another, they need to stop giving tax breaks to the rich, who never share them with anyone else anyway. For another, they need to learn how to COOPERATE. They also need to stop twisting faxts and lying like they do. Finally, they need to stop being so mean-spirited , vicious, and nasty! Meghan McCain is trying to help them by advocating only an on-the-surface tactical change. That simply isn't good enough. That sick party needs a major overhaul and attitude adjustment, or it will deservedly disappear altogether!

How is anyone surprised that a political party whose policy making hasn't caught up with the 21st century would be any different in their use of technology?

We're talking a party whose understanding of the biological sciences begins and ends with the Old Testament, and people actually expect their grasp of computer science to be any better?

SHE IS COMPLETELY RIGHT, THE GOP ARE A BUNCH OF OLD LADIES HAVING TEA IN THE PORCH, GIVE ME A BREAK
THEY ARE THE TALIBAN OF THE AMERICA, BEHIND, VERY BEHIND
I'M REPUBLICAN DON'T GET ME WRONG.

WAKE UP GOP!!!!!!!!

Ms. McCain is a smart girl. The problem with the Republicans is that their 'base' consists of old white people who think we're still in the 1950s. Young whites cannot connect with the stodgy, racist ideas of the past. Young whites have grown up in a world of technolgy, black achievement and general changes that their elders resist. It was only when it was apparent that Barrack Obama was going to be elected that the Repubs began to see the light. And if you are going to try to regain relevance, try to do it without spewing the same old racist nonsense. And for the love of Mike, the next time you have a convention, try to have it NOT look like a klan meeting. Good luck with that!

I think they are doing just fine with tech. 90% of the fake emails I get full of Karl Rove play book lies and deception come from the GOP. No seriously, every political email I get from my peers are right wing propaganda...

It doesn't matter if the GOP gets on the Internet bandwagon. Their ideas are so outdated and uncool, nobody cares what they have to say. It would be too little, too late.

Wow, some of the comments on here are some of the most ignorant statements I have seen in a long time. Since when do you need to be a politician to voice an opinion on politics? We had days of coverage on Obama choosing a new dog and some people complain about this? Absurd.

You go gurl!!! When I say bad things about your Daddy's organizers...I get mocked fun by Tina Fey! Now this youngsta says the same thing and suddenly she's on top of the world. I hope you are not seriously thinking about 2012. That's all Mine!

They should use more birth control also.

If they get more tech-savy, they'll just be more effcient in disseminating their bankrupt philosophies. But it'll still be the same bankrupt philosophies.

Face it, girl, people just don't buy that rot anymore.

The GOP is totally tech savvy!

Dubya used the Innernets, as well as the Gooles. The both'em!

Please Meghan, , , have some mercy. Stop pushing technology on the Republicans. Obama will need to use those same technologies again for his 2012 run. If the Republicans learn to use the Internet then Obama's advantage will slip.

So Meghan, do the world a favor and stop encouraging the Republicans to pick up a BlackBerry. Allow the GOP to remain technology illiterate. The world would be so much better if the Republicans stay technology stupid.

Megham, you need to stick to knitting or whatever it is you do girlfriend. YOU are the LAST person who should be giving any advise what-so-ever.

Please go home to daddy because come 2010, he'll have more time to spend with you and wifey Cindy.

Meghan, you need to accept the obvious. It was the message, not the medium, that caused the Republicans to lose the election. And the lack of tech savy can't be completely attributed to the lack of youth involvement in the GOP. The Internet has been in wide use for about 10 years. What seems to be lacking is ... curiosity, interest in new ideas, and a willingness to experiment. Fix those issues, and it the "tech" issues will fix themselves.

Even if the republicans do use technology more, the youth do not support their ideals and they will continue to weaken as the older voters die out and are replaced by the younger voters. The republican party is set in it's hard core conservative values, and this is not a winning platform to run on in the 21st century. The younger generation is much more liberal than the older generation, and unless the republicans become more liberal, they will continue to lose support.

Uh yeah, I thought that was obvious. Of course the Republican party needs to be more tech saavy.

Go Away. Your Dad lost get over it. The REpugs cling to the radio and morons like Rush and Hannity. Maybe the party should be more in the middle and listen to reasonable Republican like Gov. Crist instead of pushing division and hate..

McCain, as well as the REP party is so out of touch, it is laughable! McCain cannot even use a computer, but he wanted to be President? Now after the Republicans lost ,and lost big, now they think that maybe thery should get tech savvy? Duh...tired, old, washed up party with tired old and washed up ideas. Learning how to Google or use Facebook won't help them, they need to get real and think "Country First" instead of old, rich white men first and maybe they will have a chance – and BTW Palin is NOT the answer!! NO MORE 'C' students from the GOP,please!!!!!!!!!

I agree

Just use computer technology.

I think you should first teach your DADDY McCain how to check his email.

The Repubs can graft all the 3G communication technology they want onto their hands, it won't do any good until they have something worthwhile to say.

Among Other things... Like turning away frombeing the most sexist hypocritical, racist organization that it has become

You have to be able to read and write first,not just listen to your messiah,Rush Limbaugh,the dropout druggie.

Nice try, but it's more than being out of touch with technology. The Republicans are out of date and out of touch with everything progressive in the 21st Century!

No. Your father lost the election because he is an imbecile.

Take note far-right:

Meghan McCain is right. She is part of the generation that will soon be leading our Nation. Though I did not vote for McCain, I thought Meghan McCain did a fine job campaigning for her dad. She did NOT spew hate, nor division, nor fear. She talked only about the issues. Refreshing.

Here we are in the 21st Century and it is just now that the GOP is talking about getting "tech savvy"......... no wonder they lost!

Meghan McCain is right about the internet handicapped Repubs. But they need to do more than that to win back the hearts and minds of the people of this country. First, don't nominate a dimwit like Sarah Palin who may have been better off by only speaking in tongues! The GOP may want to try to attract a few minorities. Their convention was whiter than a snowstorm in Minnesota. The GOP used to stand for fiscal conservatism. Now thats out the window and anti abortion and anti gay rights are the central unifying theme of the Republican party. They may want to start over after they fire all of their current ideologues in Congress.

"Until the Republican Party joins the twenty-first century..." Yea, and on many many issues and policies not just the internet. But what can you expect from a party that is mostly old paranoid white folks that are anti education.. always making fun of college educated folks and people that can actually quote the Constitution and don't believe in a monster like god and creationism .. GOP = Neanderthals.

Oh, but they change their minds when its time to go to an ER. All of the sudden educated people of real medical science based on evolutionary theory become really important them ...LOL ... and it better be one of the hospitals that has the latest gear too even though paying for it with tax dollars is not allowed.

I agree with the statement that Meghan made the republican party
needs to be more tech savy because this will help to establish a
relationship between a younger voter base, who have embraced
technology in different forms.

Rodney

It's a pretty sad commentary on the party when top strategists don't realize the power of the internet. It's actually hard to believe. I wonder if they were against Meghan launching a site because they didn't want her to be their spokesperson.

It seemed to me that the GOP had a pretty good grasp on how to use the internet to send the dozens of half cocked email forwards- most of which could be debunked. That did a lot to ruin their credibility in my book.

Didn't vote for her dad but I like her. She appears to be very well informed. You may not like her politics but you shouldn't be bashing her for trying to modernize the GOP. She sounds a lot better than the new RNC chair.

Oh wow, like that's new news kiddo!

The GOP is just entirely too anal.
They need to reach the people rather out to each other. They work well in their inner circles but what comes out of it for the people?

Hate to tell you this Meghan, but it's going to take a lot more than just being "techno savvy"! How about showing a little concern for what "We The People" are concerned with.Sound like a plan?

We all know that no one is perfect and we each readily admit, as long as we don't have to get specific, that it includes us. Off the record I will humbly acknowledge that it includes my own phobia against dishonesty. I get really upset when I am confronted with dishonesty, worse when I am expected to accept it, and it can then render me stubbornly uncooperative – which I realize is not a plus. After being raised by a devoutly Catholic but paranoid mother who felt people should be honestly and conscientiously driven yet who really saw no one as ever being that way, I developed a scrutinizing and demanding attitude for sincerity and for having a real conscience. I only hope I actually live up to my own demands. Politics and politicians simply do not. It isn't a matter of Republican or Democrat as they all act pretty much the same as they concentrate on their own interests, on their politics, instead of on their responsibility to the people. It doesn't matter if it is Pelosi or McCain, Reed or Boehner, Dean or Steele, Kyl or Clinton, Palin, Graham or Dodd or even Limbaugh or Olbermann, Hannity or Maddow, or whoever, so many are just literally controlled by their self-interests rather than by a sincere and rational conscience. We have seen the absolute worst in the Bush-Cheney administration and to minimize that is to simply irrationally and irresponsibly ask for more of the same. If we admit the truth, in general we simply see a too frequent attitude of 'more for less' that corrupts our society. Now with Barak Obama, for good or bad, we are confronted with an apparently sincere and conscientious leader who wants to honestly resolve our many and drastic problems for the benefit of the average American. Whether that is too auspicious or just unreal isn't as important as is it being a sincere and real effort. The Republicans are literally being irresponsible in their stubborn and belligerent self-serving obstructionist attitude that fails to demonstrate any real concern for their constituents – as Limbaugh says, they just want Obama to fail – and that is absolutely detrimental to all of us. Their bold and obnoxious dishonesty in their deceptive and spurious criticisms and in their failure to be constructive is totally offensive. It strikes me that we the people, the voters, have to first be honest with ourselves and then to firmly reject the dishonesty of the politicians and let them know we hold them to a higher standard. Whoever we support, we need to demand from them an honest and conscientious effort, one which deals with reality. If we continue to accept their self-focused BS, then we can only blame ourselves.

She's right that the Republicans are behind the times.

But that is not why they lost. They lost because they have no ideas, no plans, and no way to motivate Americans to their cause.

For the GOP's sake, I am hoping the earlier article on Grandmaster Steele (can I get a whoop-de-whoop?) was meant for April 1st and just got out early. It's not about posturing to minorities, it's about telling them how you will make their life better.

Meghan honey, your father's choice of VP is the reason he lost last year. That and the fact he morphed from the old John we used to love to some bastardized version of a Karl Rove hand puppet. Internet-savvy had very little to do with it but if it helps you sleep better at night, so be it.

Call me silly, but I think the GOPs challenges are much deeper than technological savvy. Let's start with "how big is your tent?"

There ain't nothing that the GOP can to get back in power for now

Michael Steele, the new RNC chairperson, is aggressively seeking and touting new ways to make the Republican Party more competitive. He is enthusiastically presenting that the party will win over more and new voters with new and aggressive efforts aimed at making the party more politically competitive. There is one gapping hole, one missing and neglected issue, no where, no how does he ever mention anything about being concerned about the drastic negative problems facing the country or about how the Republicans will be more competitive in facing and addressing those problems, to provide solutions that benefit the average American. Nor does he admit how the Bush-Cheney concentration on Special Interests and a select few, giving only apathy, the costs and subterfuge to the many was irresponsibly wrong and how the Republican Party is now going to change that. Doesn't sound like there is any real change of meaning and that he is still just focused on 'more of the same' deceptive self-indulgence!

It's not technology, its ideas. Social conservatism is dieing and needs to be hacked off from the Republican party if it has any hope for the future.

I suspect Meghan is correct with a lot of this premise. The question is do you think Joe the Plumber et.al. are tech savy? Meghan, how are you going to address that issue?

I got some bad news for you sunshine... tech savvy is not the reason the Republicans lost in November. They've been lost for more than a few years. Here's a list for you:

1. Economy
2. Balanced Budget
3. Foreign Affairs
4. Retirement
5. Health Care
6. Education
...
997. Tech Savvy

Offer 21st Century solutions to the issues that are important to the American people and then you can tackle why John McCain doesn't understand the "internets".

What? GOP using internet? they are still ticked that gore invented it to spread his liberal propaganda on global warming.

Besides, with steele in place, they gop will be targeting the 'hip hop' crowd with conservative rap lyrics and slang while the republican representatives start wearing bling with boost mobile phones

As a Republican and an ardent supporter of John McCain, I could not agree with Meghan McCain more. It's idiotic for people to suggest that's only reason we lost, but we need to more effectively reach the many young Republicans who don't believe in the liberal garbage ideology that now pervades most media sources, including the internet.

Until the Repubs quit thinking that criticizing and making fun of Dems is not the way to gain friends is not the way to win votes. they will continue to search to regain their popularity

It is only because the other party used it to the fullest. We Republicans have the know how which was shown to me by the thousands of emails I received over the months. Many of them referred to other links that were very well done but when you have a candidate that you can't be excited about or cranked up over, it is hard to be enthused. We did NOT DO OUR BEST. Millions of Republicans are computer savvy whether on the young side or the older side. The party is far from being disconnected. A very uninformed statement.

Ummm....hello GOP....did you forget about Ron Paul. He had the highest rate of military contribution for 2008 and donations coming from individuals aided significantly by an online presence and very active campaigning by supporters who organized moneybomb fundraisers netting millions over several months. He did set the record for the biggest online fundraising day on record, Dec 16 2007. Maybe the GOP should look at why this happened...its not about the GOP embracing technology...its the ideas of our founding fathers embraced by millions that made this happen. To put it simply, its the ideas, not the technology that will free us from this socialistic ideas now forced upon the American people.

Her father and all GOP needs Tech!, not being upset with Pres "O"!

If the GOP thinks that becoming "tech savy" is going to help them WIN in 2010 and 2012, they are really a LOST CAUSE.

The GOP is self-destructing because they continue to HOLD onto the failed conservative ideology that is NOT in sync with the 21st Century. YOU have those in the Bible belt states that wave their bibles at everyone else but themselves, you have those in the south, that are still living in the "segregation mentality", have other that don't have a clue where they stand on any given policy unless it IMPACTS them, otherwise, it's the "let's screw everyone else except the wealthy and the elitists amongst them!"!!!!

This a NOT the party of the future, the GOP is beginning to look and sound like the party of "SEGREGATION" at its finest!!!"

Anyone else find it ironic that she is telling the Republicans to "evolve"?

The Republicans need more than the Internet to come into the 21st century. They will have to retool their entire ideology.

They can get as tech savvy as they want, but as long as their outdated ideas and policy stridency remain the same, they will forever be the party of luddites and also rans.

she could start with daddy....

perhaps meghan should be the the head of the GOP party
she apparently seems more savvy
As technology moves along you have to move along with it
one has to give this young woman credit!

They are, they have the ABBUCUS, The GOP is run by OLD WASHINGTON STATUS QUO that will not change, The DEM's are nothing but TAX Raising, Government run DICTATORS and Race Mongers, thats why I will be voting Independent from now on.

Well Dear...all the technology in the world could not sell us on your Dad's campaign.

I agree with her and applaud her for saying so. However, I don't think that's the GOP's only problem. And when Mr. Steele says the things he does it doesn't help. Off the Hook and Hip Hop? Really?
They threw Sarah at us to replace Hillary and now this guy thinking he replaces Obama.
They didn't get it then and they don't now.

Republicans don't even believe in science that has been well accepted for over a 100 years or the kind of economics that's taught in an introductory level at any major university.
Giving them high-tech tools seems dangerous. As it is, they cause enough problems with the Faux New Network and non-stop hate radio.

I agree in part. The "Grand Old Party" is just becoming the "Old Party" and until they can get with the times and be forward-thinking instead of backward-thinking, they're going to continue losing ground. I honestly don't think that was a contributing factor in McCain's loss, though. When John Kerry was battling GW Bush in the previous election, Kerry (at the time) had the record in donations thanks to his internet savvy campaigning. He still lost.

The GOP`s lack of high tech saavy is not why your father did not get elected. He ran a dirty & highly critical campaign, & he`s just too old to be the president. Also, his choice for a vice president is what really sank him!! This country needed someone younger & fresher that wasn`t filled with spite & greed, & we got it. O`Bama also ran a masterful campaign & focused on the issues, quite unlike your father. I also noticed signs of the beginning of dementia when he would speak, & kept saying the same things over & over.

I am better than you cuz I am on the internet talking smack and you STILL want my vote.

Nice try but there are more issues hurting the GOP other than lack of technology. They don't get it!!!

can anyone say "sore loser"????

"he party's lack of online savvy greatly contributed to her father's defeat last November"

It was your father's disconnect with the American public and his ideas that would lead the country astray that caused your his defeat. simply put.

Or perhaps just become human????

I disagree with her. The internet is a fad.
BTW Im not George from Alabama

Why is this here? She's not in office. This is not news.

Meghan McCain should understand that the GOP doesn't believe in evolution, so "how can the GOP evolve as a party that can successfully utilize the web." It can't be done, the GOP is dusty, and death is around the corner. The smell is in the air.

Join our side Meghan !!!!

Ahahaha, anyone notice how the solution to Republican's political problems is to just copy what the Democrats are doing? Nevermind that their political philosophy is completely opposed to minorities/the poor; we'll just trick them by getting on facebook!

Meghan is correct, but it's too little too late. "Wow, if he had just used the internet more, he'd be President!" – right on Denise!

Adopt 21st Century technology to disseminate propaganda, lies and goals of a fascist plutocracy? No thanks. The Grand Oil Party should just fold up and call it quits.

Jon in CA will pony-up six-bits for this one! But only if the old man will watch;)

I'll give Meghan McCain credit where it's due and she's right and so far is smarter than most of the GOP – hmmm.. shocking that once again a woman is smarter than the GOP men. But aside from that, this is still coming from a girl who has never known what real work is like nor what it's like to worry about losing a home, a job or health insurance. The only thing she's had to decide is which of their seven mansion to vacation in.

But, maybe not all spoiled rich brats end up bad and she'll buck the GOP system.

Smart girl. The Dems had their act together. They quickly realized that style pays more dividends than substance, and the GOP would focus in that direction. McCain's comments along with Steele's should be very comforting to Republicans in this regard.

Two words....Sarah Palin...that's what lost her dad the election!

John McCain needs help to get on the Internet, so she should start the education at home. HIs lack of interest in using the Internet showed a huge lack of curiousity to learn things.

Getting their ideas past the 19th century would help a lot as well.

What is she worried about? Is she loosing her job too?

People are either "learners" or the "learned". I prefer to be a "learner" and embrace technology and change....and that is the difference...no one holds my hand.

Hmmm...

It is not just the Republican technophobes who need to consider changing.

I've been a moderate Republican since the first time I could vote, for Barry Goldwater; but, I will not be voting for Palin, or any type of conservative Christian GOP candidates; or, any of the sorry bunch of POTUS wannabes that ran during the last primaries.

The conservative Republicans and Christians stuffed their agendas down the throats of Americans the last eight years. Prior to that, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan pandered to the religious right.

All along that sad vindictive trail, for the last 20 years or so, Rush Limbaugh has been proffering his whacko ideologies. Thoughts and words that only appeal to reasoning impaired, uneducated folks.

“Gee, if it sounds good, it must be true,” and, “It must be a good idea if Rush mentions it,” come to mind.

Last November, the American public decided that Enough is Enough; and, by a wide margin, rejected the agendas of right wing, conservative, Bible thumper, whackos, including the ideologies of Rush Limbaugh, John McCain and Sarah Palin, et al.

Conservative Christians need to form their own political party.

The Republican Party needs to refocus on a balanced budget and wise spending, and become a party of the people, by the people and for the people, not just the rich.

Good for Meghan, however, she needs to teach her father it is time to live in this century. Thank goodness he did not win in November.

It's not the bells and whistles its the way of life. America is moving away from those old worn out ways that have made our economy our biggest threat, bigger than the Terrorist. Can you believe that! The Republican economic theory is more of a threat to National Security than Binladen, the taliban and Alquida. Hey, Im just saying what the Director of Intel told congress the other day.

What a ditz, and we should listen to her why? She is an expert on what? Her own father probably has as much internet competence as my aunts and uncles from his generation. GOP Palin conducting official state business from her Yahoo e-mail account indicates to me that the problem may not be a lack of being 'tech savvy' as much as it is pure ignorance.

I don't think that learning computers is the answer that the GOP is looking for. What they need to do is learn people and how to listen to them.

I am a Democrat, but I would certainly like to see the GOP dust of its musty old self off and give ALL Americans more political choices. McCain's daughter makes salient points here and I certainly hope they do become more tech savvy. I do not believe lack of tech savvy is the party's only problem (Oh, where to begin...?) but it's a start.

So now I can be berated by the GOP, by email, for not being "patriotic" and being a "godless liberal" for not agreeing with their ideologies.

That's going to help them tremendously.

It's about time the GOP comes into the 21st century. Now, if they will jettison the religious right, they may get some independents back in 2012. There are many of us who agree with lots of their policies, but don't want religion served up with it.

I don't think that learning computers is the answer that the GOP is looking for. What they need to do is learn people and how to lsiten to them.

Somehow I don't think that using the most current technology to wage a 60s-era ideological culture war will do the GOP any good.

Besides, the internet (as a medium) is not a replacement for the newspaper or TV – the internet is open, interactive and encourages debate. So long as dissent is equated with treason by the GOP faithful, attempts to use the internet will be counter-productive.

The tech savvy issue is really a small part of why the Republicans were defeated last Novemember. It has more to do with their stubborness to change and represent what most of our country needs.

Tech savy still will not help the republican party. they must change their way of thinking. tax cuts for the rich is not the way to go. trickle down economics will not work. yet this is all that they can come up with. if they get out of the 16th. century and try to evolve along with every one else, they may make a come back. but it is very doubtful that they ever will. not as long as they listen to rush and ann coulter.

Hey, they're sure to win next time:

They've got Meghan to lock up the lonely nerds vote.

De got Mix-Master Steele wit da bling bling in da howze to lock up the Steppin Fetchit vote.

They've got one-armed midgets to appeal to the, uh, one armed midget vote.

They've got Sarah to appeal to the white trash – afraid of all of the above – vote.

Yep – they've got a lock on it alright.

NOTHING WILL HELP THE REPUBLICANS. YOUR FATHER SCREWED THEM UP ALREADY AND THE REST ARE ALL LOOSERS.

It's got to be a combination. So far we've heard that the "answer" to reviving the GOP is going "off the hook" and more "hip-hop," and now we hear they need more tech savvy. Neither will matter until the message changes. Period.

I will agree, however - without Internet savvy these days, you can change the message all you want but no one may hear about it.

In short - there is no ONE answer to the GOP's problems. G.W. thought there was ONE answer to everything. That's what got you where you are.

Sorry Meghan,
The Republican Party needs more help ... other than being UP ON the 21st Century. They truly need to "Change Their Hearts"

But during Your Father's Campaign, it was stated by one of his Advisor's "Education is a Special Interest".

AMERICA DESERVES MORE!

She has a good point on their needing to get more tech savvy, but she is way off thinking that the online campaigning is what contributed to her father's loss. She can lay that one directly at the feet of his ideas and his choice for VP.

if tech is the only answer, Bill Gates would be our next President.

GOP is lost.

I dont think Sen. McCain lost because he wasn't tech sawy, I think he lost because he didnt had good ideas about how to get the country back into its feet ... but I support her idea that republ need to use the new tech.

That's not the only thing the Republicans need to do Meghan. They also need to improve on their message. I say get rid of the ole geezers and get some fresh blood in the party. Their way of doing business is over. Remember when Michael Corleone said that in "The Godfather".

And as for Michael Steele trying to get hip – I just wish I can get into the minds of the old right wingers and hear what they're thinking. There is no way in hell that they are going to accept this new approach. You have to get rid of the old geezers in this case too. Sorry Meghan, but that includes your father.

Meagan is so right. Republicans are moving more heavily towards talk RADIO than web content. How last century is that? Talk about looking behind and missing an opportunity completely...

It appears as though Meghan is more aware of the 21st century factors of life than the GOP. Anyhow it is not only that the GOP needs to come up to speed on tecnology, they need to know how to cooperate in getting help to the American people. As it is stated times and times again by people who are influencing the GOP's way of thinking, "they want to see President Obama fail". Therefore all they know to say is "NO". That''s very sad but should be expected. I guess the only way they will be on the same page with the rest of Americans is if President Obama's administration agrees to all their policies good or not so that they can say we are the ones that suggest these and that is why the turn around takes effect should that be the fact. The GOP need to stop thinking polling booth, and focus on the problems facing the economy and environment. The election is over and Prresident Obama won, he was granted a clear mandate for change. The change did not mean to let GOP dictate the terms. So when Senator McCain is saying it is not change for the Democrats to craft a bill without them, who says Americans voted that the GOP should be architect of the necessary bills. They had their turn for eight years and blew it now they are crying about wanting to work acroos the isle. The President did all he could under the circumstances and they refused to cooperate. Well let them continue to be tech ignorant and problem solving self-centred. There are enough Democrats in both houses of congress to work with the President and his administration. America does not need the same old policies and solution that has caused the world's economic down-turn. God bless America and may the GOP wake from its slumber soon.

REALLY??? What else did she say?
Wait I dont give a hoot.

Getting Republicans more tech saavy overall would doubtless help fundraising and message dissemination...

On the other hand, were more Republicans immersing themselves in the web might lead to more realizing the diversity of perspectives out in the world, they might see the frequent hypocrisy and contradiction in their leaders statements, they might start cross-examining and thinking...

More of that 'Thinking,' with regular exposure to Factcheck and Snopes, could end up undercutting their standard 'authoritarianism and outrage' approach. Republicans truly opening up to the web could end up disillusioned with Mr. Limbaugh.

Understanding the tech side won't help the GOP - mainly because they don't get the message of the American people!
This party is on the way out and its downfall can be directly related to a failed philosophy.

The problem goes a lot deeper than that. How shallow the GOP has become. They try imitating the Dems first with failin' Palin, THEN Mr. Steele, THEN act like their gonna one-up the Dems on technology.

Is this just a silly nocturnal emission, or are they seriously thinkin' anyone is buyin' this horse hockey? Even Meghan is out of step as she attempts to model and imitate her outdated, uber-botoxed and stretched to the limits amphibious creature of a mother, Cyndi.

Technology is not going to help the GOP. The problem is they don't have a message that resonates amongst people from all walks of life.

The Obama tried everything and they succeeded. I stumbled on a Asian newspaper on my way out a restaurant only to read about his sister and anthropoligist telling the young audience about their mother's adoration of the moon during the 2008 campaign. Lately Al Gore was taped telling the youth at a seminar " you know more than your parents". I mean anything goes. They even spell your name with lower case letters. At least Republicans always have the decency to spell names respectfully apart from the Clintons. They are rude, nasty and ruthless. Bring it on or we will stuff it.

I don't give a dam how tech savvy you get . You won't get my vote with that same tax cut BS.Trying to fool the people with palins dumb a$$, and now steel with this hip hop crap.up to the same old BS ( come have a beer with me ) GO TO HELL !!!!

"McCain also suggested the party's lack of online savvy greatly contributed to her father's defeat last November."

not so much, meg. it probably had more to do with the fact that your father was incredibly ill-suited to become president. having sarah palin along to garble things up didn't help much, either.

Hey, I thought the GOP did not believe in evolution? How can these creationists evolve into anything that is relevant?

The Repubs lost because they have no new message, no clear solution to any of this country's problem. They did not lose because they didn't know how to run a blog or send emails. They can keep telling themselves that's why they lost, but unless they get in tune with the majority of Americans, Obama will be re-elected in ANOTHER LANDSLIDE.

She's so right! And I'm not even a Republican.

The Republicans need a lot more change than that!

The Reagan-Dubya-Gingrich-DeLay-Greenspan Republicanism is dead, dead, dead. We are now beginning to suffer the effects of their fraudulently wrong theories and beliefs.

Their only hope is to become more like Libertarians and wait until the government falls out of public favor. Pres. Obama seems like a smart, sincere and genuine guy, so if he steers us out of the Reagan-Dubya mess, people are going to like Democrats for a long, long time.

The republicans may not be tech savvy, but it didn't matter. They had nothing to say and nothing to sell. Not having a medium was hardly their core problem.

Dumb, archaic ideas are dumb and archaic whether or not they are online. For the sake of the country, the GOP needs to just fold.

it does not matter if the GOP get more savvy than bill gates in tech they are a party of old and provenly failed ideas.

Megan McCain is a former Democrat. She switched parties, I believe in May of 2008, to vote for her father. Look for her to be making another switch like the rest of the smart youth.

Good for her, I agree, if the GOP was more intune with the internet, blackberry's and the tech world of today, they might be able to get out their message more effectively to new and younger voters.

NOTHING WILL HELP THE REPUBLICANS NOW.YOUR FATHER SCREWED THEM UP ALREADY AND THE REST ARE LOOSERS.

If the message is between ideology versus science, scientific thought always beats ideology. This anti-intellectual fact remains an obstacle to progress for the republicans. It isn't about tech savviness alone, but the whole message. Republicans need to listen to all the people, not just their base.

The Republicans can get all the "tech" they want, but until they get some 21st century ideas, all the laptops and Blackberries and websites in the world aren't going to change a thing. The programmer's adage applies in this case: "Garbage in, garbage out."

Republicans have allowed their party to become the party of trickery and deceit (with devastating effects) in order to accomplish what was an original purpose of standing up for God in this world. The ends will never justify the means. By allowing and supporting acts of hatred and division, it is hypocrisy at its worst, and it is turning people away from God, rather than being a witness for Him. Republicans, you have been lied to for so long, you do not realize that you have been led astray.

I grew up in Colorado, and never actually experienced racism, except perhaps some name calling in Jr. High school. The election has exposed the vast amount of racism down South, and I’ve got to say, I’m stunned. The rest of the world has moved on without you, and I hope you get on board soon and quit trying to provoke people into another civil war of types. There are too few of you to matter anymore, and you will soon reap what you sow.

I'm sure the Republican Party appreciates a lecture by some young privleged fashion major who once blogged for the losing candidate. That'll show them.

I think the privilege and arrogance she displays is more telling as to why the Republican Party appeals to so few people now.

One of the problems was a lack of modern methods. However it was only one of many many problems. McCain would have done better if he had been true to himself, instead of following the RNC handlers. Truth be known, with all the damage that GWBush did, it would have taken a miracle for anyone with the "Republican" brand identity to win. Lets all hope Obama succeeds for the good of the country as a whole.

Denise: you are absolutely right! To think that he lost because of technology is very funny.

Maybe, she and Sarah can run on the 2012 ticket. I mean, McCain wants to be president that bad!!

Actually, it makes perfect sense since the leadership is now trying to attract the hip hop crowd and urban dwellers to the party. The members are going to have to learn to break dance and rap. I can't wait!!

Thank you for the laughs today, it has been lovely!!

Using the internet alone won't save the GOP. They have to change their political philosophy of the rich benefiting from it through tax cuts while the poor pay higher taxes. What is ethical about that? It doesn't create balance, it creates an unfair hierarchy. It also creates recessions because then the people who are the economy can't support it like they normally would. Who do you think makes the rich, rich????

Smart girl, she could have a future in the gop if she keeps saying things like this. It may take the rest of her life, to change the GOP. She does have a point though.

The Republicans are D.O.A. They're out of touch with reality and still don't get the fact that their policies were rebuked in the last national election. Becoming tech savvy won't help them.

And what exactly are they trying to "conserve?" Some vision of the America that never really existed. Their mantra of "smaller government" is nothing but a bad euphemism for deregulation. And that's what got us in the mess we're in now. Ever wonder what GOP really stands for? Geezers on parade.

The former GOP leadership may not grasp the technology capabilities that are available, but the rank and file do. If she was so bright about this, why wasn't she spearheading the effort to capitalize on the available technology and technology sites to better promote the Republicant (sic) election effort? And, just like her father, she has great hindsight (no pun intended). The GOP doesn't need RINOs such as her father; they need conservatives. And, just because one is conservative, doesn't mean that one is not tech savvy, or doesn't know how to implement technology for the best return.

It's not but because he's not tech savvy. McCain lost because he is a Northeast Liberal Republican RINO...and not a conservative...and for the first time, he's failed his country and given us a communist in the White House! Thanks Mr. McCain !

Right on, Meghan! I am 66 years old and cannot imagine life anymore without the internet and email. My gosh, GOP, get with the greatest technology we have at the moment. And by the way, GOP, Gore DID NOT invent it, so its okay for you to use it!

OH PUHLEEEZE........ they just don't get it. They continue to throw spaghetti noodles against the wall to see what sticks. The GOP is the blind leading the blind, they don't what the heck to do or try next. They are so PISSED that President Obama and his staffers are ALL just too advance for the GOP!!! President Obama is the NEW Thin Apple IMac and the GOP is still working on Apple II, The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor)!!!

NOW for the next three LONG weeks we are going to hear nothing about how "tech savy" the GOP is, when in FACT they are NOT!!! They lie about everything and anything to make themselves look good.

Just like we've heard for 5 weeks from the likes of of..
John McCain
John Boehner
Lindsey Graham
Eric Cantor
Gov. Mark Standford
who did nothing but yelled NO, NO, NO, NO, on the stimulus, BUT what they DIDN'T TELL YOU is how quickly they are willing to TAKE, TAKE, TAKE, TAKE the billions in STIMULUS money behind our backs!!!!

What a bunch of CLOWNS!!! All they do is "mimmick" everything President Obama has accomplished. The GOP would sell their souls to have a candidate like President Obama, but they would NEVER say it outloud, but you bet your butts they say it to themselves. President Obama has BROKEN every historical RECORD and RAISED MORE MONEY than any other candidate in HISTORY!!!

The GOP and the RNC can't stand the fact that they are NO MATCH for when it comes to President Obama's political, technical and business savvy.

The GOP are nothing but "copycats" because they can't come up or implement a single plan, policy or agenda without quoting those OLD and TIRED conservative Reagan year ideology.

What is she talking about??
The Internet WAS the reason that McCain lost the election. Because of modern technology, we all witnessed the fumbling of Palin, the lack of any economic plan on McCain's part, and the fact that the GOP is still stuck in the Middle Ages as far as social issues are concerned. We all got to witness the many election losses the GOP suffered, and some red states turn blue. We got to witness the refusal of McCain to lead us out of endless wars at endless $$ to the American people. All this thanks to that wonderful modern miracle called the INTERNET.
So, instead of just worrying about getting "tech savvy", how about the GOP start trying to meet the needs of ALL people?? How about some updated political platforms, and not just catering to the wealthy whitebread types and the Religious Right?
Get your heads on straight, GOP, before you go high-tech, or you will continue to make fools of yourself.

And their idealology is a bit rusty too.

She's right - the conservative message is intact - 58,343,671 said so during the election - PERSONAL RESPONSIBILIY, PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY, NO BIG GOVERNMENT TO RUN OUR LIVES

The message we sent was right - but the messengers didn't get equal time because of the media's infatuation with Obama.

NOW WE WILL CORRECT THAT!

Talk to Joe the Plumber. He knows technology.

the republican party is not losing because of the internet.

but i'm somewhat encouraged by her point of view: if she thinks all the republicans need to focus on is nice web sites, she ensures democratic victories for years to come.

the republicans are losing because they are fake conservatives trying to hide millionaire cronyism behind the facade of being for the average guy. they pretend their tax cuts benefit everyone equally, when the actual truth is that the difference between the 1-5% at the top and the average wage-earner grows bigger each year.

keep hollering about learning how to write html, meghan – you must be a democrat at heart, working to turn the attention of the bigoted big-money bankers onto something that will do little for their chances of being returned to power. we thank you for your support...

"Until the Republican Party joins the twenty-first century ..."

Well, that IS the challenge isn't it. Not just with relation to technology, but with respect to all aspects of their 19th century outlook on the world.

Even if the republican party accepted the internet and learned how to use it, there's still another problem. America rejected the republican message and policies and that part of the republican party has not changed, in fact it has even moved farther to the right. So having the GOP spread their lies on the internet won't help them any more than spreading their lies on TV did. It wasn't the method of the message, it was the message.

But I thought her dad invented the blackberry!?!?!

I've got news for the GOP: a new image, fancy websites, deluges of emails/spam, etc., are not what you need. You first need to accept that some of what you believe has been disproven and how you behave has been rebuffed....and work on adapting it all to reality. Window-dressing and lipstick won't help you until you make the necessary substantive changes.

Yeah – they can diss the internet and go with those automatic calling machines that everyone hangs up on!

Hey Megan, have you ever heard the old saying? it goes like this: If you can not say something good, then for god's sake Keep your mouth closed. In time you will learn there is more to life than a BLACKBERRY and the INTERNET, try reading more newspapers it will heighten your knowledge and make you sound less dumb. Betty

I don't give a dam how tech savvy you get . You won't get my vote with that same tax cut BS. trying to fool us with palins dumb a$$ and now steel with this hippidy hop crap. up to the same old bs ( come have a beer with me ) GO TO HELL !!!!

Dare we wish?

How about they also get this crazy idea that bipartisanship means REPUBLICANS have to give up something too? Are we really surprised that the party of grumpy hold men clinging to their milllions is resistant to change??

@ racist Brian G Sugar Land, TX......funny you make fun of Black males, when it was a White male that ruined this country. Matter of fact he is a Texan like you? Related, dufus?

Nce young lady. I used to really admire John McCain, until the stimulus vote.

I think technology is not the only problem that party has. People are suffering and they seem to be out of touch with reality. I mean most of them own a few homes and are wealthy white guys...

McCain didn't lose because the GOP is online illiterate.

He lost because the GOP doesn't incorporate diversity of different cultures and ideas.

When the demographics of the nation evolve from mostly white protestant to a flurry of different races and religions, you have to back off on the hard line stance that reflect the views of the Christian church.

Believe me, McCain didn't lose because of the internet.

Why is she a Republican then? Just because her father is one? The tech problem is the least of their worries. How about all the corruption, bad policy and an illegal war that cost us big time. The past 4 Republican administrations which all have had the same people calling the shots since the early 70's have brought us to this point. The only thing that slowed down the looting and corruption were the 2 Democratic administrations sprinkled in between.

the GOP needs to come to the 21 centry. they need to back away from being big business and rich and start thinking of the people who vote us non-rich, non-big business and every color, and age group instead of only the older rich

Ahh yes, it's all about power.

Oh who cares!

With due respect to Ms. McCain, the problem was not that voters didn't hear the GOP message. The problem is that voters *rejected* the GOP message.

You can pretty it up all you want with graphics, and tweets, and flickr pages, and facebook friends, but at the end of the day, it's only your ideas for improving the country that matter. And the GOP is flat-out of ideas.

Yeah. That's why daddy lost. Not the old, tired failed policies. Not the quick temper, questionable judgment and poorly articulated positions. It was because he didn't have a blog. Give me a break.

Yo dawg -

MC Steele says that the problem with the Gee-2-the-Oh-2-the-Pee is that they need to get more gansta and rappy. You know, hip hop their trickle down all up in our faces...

Ah, that was fun.

GOOD POINT BUT PROBABLY THE LEAST OF THE GOP'S PROBLEMS.

ITS THE MESSAGE, STUPID!!!

AND ALSO STEELE TRYING TO BRING STREET CRED TO A BUNCH OF OLD RACIST CRACKERS.

It’s going to take more than learning to use the Web to bring the GOP into this century. Frankly, I think the party is on the skids for good. Look what they put up last year. An old man who can’t even send an e-mail and a woman who thinks politics is a tea party and fashion show. As for Meghan? If a blog gives her something to do with her privileged life I guess it's better than her being a party girl. I’ve seen her on TV and find it hard to take her seriously. Maybe it’s the extreme makeup and hair styles.

Hate to break it to ya, GOP apologists.

Tech has little to do with it.

Its your philosophy, values and methods that blow.

I really like John McCain.... when he isn't saying and doing anything to get elected President. And the GOP seems to have found themselves a little bit thus far since they lost ALL POWER. Maybe keeping them in the minority is the best place for the Grand Ol Party.

Lack of computer use didn't have a thing to do with my switch from a lifetime of supporting the GOP. Eight years of sinking this country into the gutters is why I voted for every Democrat running for office, first time ever. I grew up in a Republican family – and if any of them were alive, they would not have voted for a man that believes this ecomony is sound.
I will NEVER vote Republican, again. Computers are not the problem!!!

...so says the daughter of the man that can't even send a simple e-mail.

Who uses a BlackBerry anymore?

"The Obama administration understands that my generation spends most of its day on a laptop or a BlackBerry, and that using the Web is easy way to communicate their ideas to their constituents," she said."

Tech savvy is essential, but McCain defeated McCain. He's a good man, but a lousy campaigner. He would have a made a good president, but he could tell he didn't like campaigning. It's unfortunate.

um HER dad does not know how to use a computer so she should not be talking.
Also isn't this the girl THAT ONLY registered republican as a birthday present to her dad LOL.

Yo dawg –

MC Steele says the problem is that the G-to-the-O-to-the-Pee needs to get more gangsta and rappy.

She is the firs republican I know that partially got it right. The part that she still doesn't get it yet is that her party needs to be more inclusive. She needs to learn about the melting pot, the constitution, and the lies of republiklans.

My guess is that the Republicans don't want to use anything that Jesus didn't use, y'know, because it's "un-natural" and probably from Satan. There's still plenty of reasons to be deathly afraid of those magic boxes.

The GOP is always 60 to 400 yrs behind any development (the sun-centered universe, interracial marriage, indoor plumbing). They'll eventually get used to computers, after everyone has moved on to wireless bio-technology.

Actually if you saw Michael Steele's bizarre PR pep-talk today, the GOP is going to have bigger problems on their hands than computer skills.

Sorry Meghan, you can't teach a dinosaur (like your dad) new tricks.

And since most Republicans have a Neanderthal, "back to the Stone Age" mentality, no amount of technology will change that.

Sorry to say but being not technical savvy is not the main problem.

Probably what Miss McCain said is true, however her father admitted he did not know how to sent e-mails (very basic in computer technology) so I doubt if getting a quick course in computer literacy would have helped him much. There were a lot more things that caused her father to lose his bid and I think his picking the no-nothing Sarah Palin did not help. He was so out of touch with the economy and a lot of other things, he really had problems and no amount of the Republicans and there WEB skills could have helped him.

No matter where the GOP tries to sell it's lack of ideas. They're not appealling

I was wondering why John lost. Know we know its becuase they wheren't tech savy, not because he had no vision, no ideas, an airhead for a running mate. So glad that was cleared up.

Lol, who cares what she thinks? I wish the McCain/Palin family would just go away...they LOST

a little bit toooooooooooooooooooooooo late

Being "tech savvy" will not help. Work on the unprofessional disposition within your party.

A smart McCain that can actually admit mistakes! Go figure...

Meghan may be the only Republican in the public eye who actually makes sense... without needing to put down the other side.. who can just look at herself, her party, and admit to where the shortfalls are.

Both parties have areas left wanting.. but neither side seems to want to acknowledge them.

Technology is a product of science and they don't like science.

Technology CANNOT save the republicans! They need to develop a heart and get a soul. They don't care about the average working family it is all about their rich friends!

Where are your christian values?

All of the technology in the world can't fix the GOP if their position doesn't appeal to or help the majority of the country.

Welcome to the party of carbon paper, slide rules and test tube television.

It's not the technology; it's the ideology.

GOP embrace tech? Unlikely, when they were more obsessed this past election with the personality of sarah palin rather than her principles. Besides, who needs the internet and technology when there's moose to kill?

She needs to speak to her father.

Ding-dong!

So the only reason McCain lost because he isn't tech savvy? And all this time I thought it was because he had no new economic plan, no new educational plan, and basically wanted to stay the course in Iraq and just about everything else the Bush administration was doing.

Wow, if he had just used the internet more, he'd be President!

Wasn't it her father, John McCain, that took credit of inventing the Blackberry? Now that is what I call a Republicans use of technology. Lie about it and it is true.

Republicans are right on this one. The new-fangled interweb thingy is just a temporary fad that will never catch on. Republicans will be much better off if they follow Newt Gingrich's lead and blast-fax their messages to the general public...the tried-and-true fax machine is the wave of the political future, GOP! Don't listen to what these kids have to say!

While I respect and honor Senator McCain as a national hero, I was not a supporter of his failed attempt to become President but I will admit that his daughter, Meghan, is right about the Republican Party not being Tech Savvy and they are not a party of the 21st century. Until they do this they will just be the annoying sound of a bee in the election process. It is not how outspoken one is as much as it is how many you reach that listen to what you have to say.

The Republican Party would do itself a service by listening to more Meghan McCain’s and other young new comers to their party least the Republican Party's parties will all be over by11PM.

Perhaps she should start off teaching her own father how to use the net. However, that's not their problem. They're still stuck in the 50's.

Meghan McCain, you are the best of your Dad, you should have run with him on the ticket.. You gave interview after interview without ever being devisive.. Many of us were impressed by you every time..

It's not just young people who spend most of their day on the Internet, but so do many old people, people John McCain's age, myself included. I don't think the Internet would have helped McCain, because the problem wasn't the medium–it was the message, and the message from McCain was: I am a flake; I make bad decisions; I have bad judgment; and if you think George Bush was terrible, wait until I get my hands into power!

You didnt vote for Clinton's stimulus package in '93. You dont need to go high-tech. Stick to chipping on stones!!

If only that was the Republican Party's only problem.

Just like her mama.....dumb.

"Unless the GOP evolves as the party that can successfully utilize the Web, we'll continue to lose influence...

TRANSLATION:

UNLESS THE GOP EVOLVES AS A PARTY THAT CAN SUCCESSFULLY EMAIL SPAM FALSE RUMOURS AND FEAR-MONGERING ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOSE INFLUENCE....

So, Meghan is looking for savvy.
No hip-hop? No off the hook? What's with that?

Well, apparently she has more brains than Michael Steele.
And a better Iphone!

Steele's Ipod only plays "Mr. Bojangles"!

meg honey it is more then the lack of being "tech savvy" that is hurting the gop. their ideas, leader, members are old white outdated and self serving men.(electing steele as rnc is a joke). they don't like the idea of including ALL people. their antiquated ideas have not kept up with changing of the times. they don't like change (which is evident). so they have alot of work to do. what they need is to dump the whole bunch and start over. I don't think they have that kind of time the world would come to an end first. so what I'm really saying is, it aint goin happen. LOL

It's going to take a hell of a lot more than being tech savy for the GOP to reach out to anyone but the so called "base". After reading the comments by Mr. Steele on the hip-hop stuff, and watching their temper tantrums, I'd have to say these guys are doomed.

Yes, start by first admitting that science is real.

Why is it that Meghan McCain is much more articulate about how to bring younger generations of voters into the Republican party than its new leader Michale Steele?

This young lady has at least got a real plan to advance the party into a more modern age.

All we get from Steele is nonsense about conducting an urban, hip-hop campaign that will be "off the hook". Oh, and more efforts to include one armed midgets, too.

Can someone please give Meghan McCain a meeting with Mr. Steele? Perhaps he might be able to take some of her advice.

Duh!!!! Who cares what Meghan McCain is saying?

GOOD JOB MEGHAN !!!

You can bet your life: Lady. No communications, no Connections.
This does not mean there is an overpowering Transmission.... No! Much more than that.... An overpowering impression.... If you don't like comments, then don't Dictate on the Air.

She's hot. Too bad she's a repub.

The GOP needs more than savvy..they need brains.

The GOP just doesn't get it...she sounds like she takes after her father, MORON.

She better tell them more than that...learning to use a computer is the least of their HUGE issues they must deal with.

For heaven's sake...what next? The Republicans are grasping at straws. The Democrats have Obama, the Republicans get Steele. The Democrats have Hillary Clinton, the Republicans get Sarah Palin. The Republicans make POOR choices and it's showing.
The GOP needs to grasp more than technology......they need to grasp what is important and what is not.

I think she's absolutely right. If you plan on catering to younger voters, you must get their attention using THEIR technology, not YOUR technology. Not every young person spends hours of the day watching NBC or CNN... many will channel surf, or stick to particular networks with their interests in mind, yet precious few political ads are shown during those timeslots. However, many young people would rather spend their time online... and having an up-to-date website, and showing you have some ability to connect with the technology generation, is essential to obtaining the younger vote.

Frankly, there are a number of "kook" right-wing websites out there, relative to the number of legitimate right-wing blogs and websites. Sure, plenty of kook left-wing websites as well (overall, just as many, perhaps more), but there also seem to be more legitimate news sites, and certainly more tech-savvy left-wing political organizations and politicians.

Sorry... the "old school" mentality is to make blanket phone calls to entire neighborhoods in the evening... that just won't cut it in the 21st century. Ask Hillary and John how well that idea went with the voting public.

They can not be tech savvy they are all to old their learning days are over... Did she tell her Dad that

Sorry Miss McCain, but you are, as most Republicans, completely wrong and misguided. Your father lost the election because he had no plan, no platform, and no clue as to the struggles of everyday Americans.

The exact same reasons the Republican party will continue to lose in the future if that does not change, and no measure of technology will change that.

Shut up, Meg.

-Peter Griffin

I don't consider myself Republican, but GO MEGHAN!!! She is absolutely right. Unless the GOP wants the "O" in that title to refer to "Ostrich" because of their sticking of their collective head in the sand, they'd better take heed of Meghan's words. True they are.

However, because I differ with the Republicans on their positions regarding just about everything except for abortion, I hope they do not pick up on this gaping hole in their strate-ger-y.

Go on being as stubborn as many people already perceive you to be, and reap the harvest that brings. If you do, be prepared to enjoy the inaugurations for years to come – in the 'guest' section.

A McCain with sense? How did that happen?

Actually, Meghan, I'd be a lot happier if the GOP would just join the last part of the 20th century, much less the 21st. They seem to have gotten caught in resin about 1965, and haven't moved much since.

Republican have to learn to walk upright and how to get along with others before they'll stop losing elections. Republicans are neanderthals technologically and socially.

Copy cats.

. . . said the girl whose father has literally never been on the internet. Hey GOP–I thought candidates' kids were off-limits. Doesn't that mean they shouldn't be spokespeople?

Tax Cuts make it unnecessary to be in touch with technology. And any form of communication, or devices that allow for progress, are seen as a hindrance to the Party's primary goal, obstruction.

Oh yeah they get it .................. in the words of Steel ' They are off the hook ' .......... Honey if the Reps. say words like ' Off the hook ' ... then they are waaaaay out of it jajaaaa.