All the rage: The future of Republicans on the Web

So the new organizing mantra: The reason Republicans are out-Interneted by Obama and Daily Kos, etc., is (wait for it) they are insufficiently angry. The Atlantic Monthly's Planting the Right Roots searches for the conservative Joe Trippi, considers the attraction of "geek chic" and pronounces "outrage as the logistical backbone of any political movement."

So there you have it: Parity and power online will be achieved by assembling more rage, or at least rage more efficiently packaged, mashed up, shared, and delivered to your cellphone every 90 minutes. Or something. This is what all this elegant technology is finally all about? Not to mention: This is what conservatives need to hear? That is, since learning recently that The Atlantic Monthly actually may not have their best interests at heart?

Somewhere out there, I am certain, an idealist or two is reading such demoralizing nonsense and saying to him or herself: There must be a better idea.