"Does the campaign trail still matter much in an age of digital warfare? " asks Howard Kurtz, columnist for the Washington Post. In his article he talks about because of new technology people are finding out what happens on the campaign trail before it even gets published in the news. Does that make a difference on how the campaign is promoted? I think that the campaign trail is still really important because a lot of people want to be shown that their candidate cares about them. They want to see their candidate talk to them at functions and other events not just on TV. Because of the new technology some newspapers can't afford to keep journalists on the campaign trail but have them blog which some people say is just as effective. So, are journalists' advantages of following the campaign trail so closely dwindling or is following the campaign trail as effective as it ever was?