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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 7:49 amFearing the Obama Effect | Print Article | Newsweek.com
The Internet may be transforming political campaigns in other countries, as candidates use it to mobilize supporters and harvest donations. In the United States, Barack Obama has proved a master of the new art and has raised record sums on the Web. Yet campaigning on the Internet still proves virtually impossible in Japan, because the country’s political establishment fears the medium’s formidable potential for change.
