Bellwether: YouTube Wins Senate for the Democrats:
I will agree with this piece that Youtube had a huge part in the elections as candidates could no longer control the spin going around.
I don't think it was the sole fact though.
I think it had more to do with the entire picture and was just one of many tools that brought the normal joe power in the election process.
Candidates spent millions on commercials and campaigns hoping to do what one free video on YouTube did...
"With Virginia Senator George Allen Jr.'s concession last week, the Democrats regained control of the Senate for the first time in 12 years. But as much as the Dems should thank Jim Webb, Allen's opponent, the real victor in this campaign was YouTube."
Within days of the video being posted to YouTube, tens of thousands of people around the country had viewed it, and the buzz started to build. A week later the video was picked up by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, then by the mainstream media, and soon everyone knew of Senator Macaca.
Allen's campaign began to implode, culminating in his concession on Wednesday, handing the Senate to the Democrats. A sea change in American politics was brought about by one short video posted to one website and then broadcast to millions.
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