Last week, the McCain campaign announced a break from the BC'04 command-and-control model in the political department. There will be no political director, and instead authority will be devolved to the states and regions.

What does this mean for technology and the McCain campaign?

In the Daily Digest yesterday, Josh mentioned my ongoing problems with McCainSpace. It took 18 days to get the site submitted and approved.

I ran into issues with its obscenity filter (a problem I also had with the RNC's version of this tool), I sat in limbo for days, tried again only to find out that my previous attempt was now hampering my current attempt, and finally made it through the gauntlet to earn my site.

All this made me ask if it was worth it. I decided to answer that question by comparing McCain's social networking to Barack Obama's. Assuming that McCain represents the best of social networking on the right, and Obama is the best of the left, who's winning the battle of the tools? (Stop snickering!)