Arianna Huffington: The Internet dispels lies and chokes off disillusional fearmongering Arianna Huffington is not one to mince words. “Let’s be very blunt here," she said. "Were it not for the Internet, Barack Obama would not be president. Were it not for the Internet, Barack Obama would not be a democratic nominee."Huffington was on a panel at the final day of the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. She was joined by moderator John Heilemann, author and writer for New York magazine, and panelists Joe Trippi, political strategist who worked with Edward Kennedy to Howard Dean, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.Heilemann opened the panel by saying that the Internet played a breakthrough role in this year's presidential elections. No one agreed more than Huffington.Obama new how to galvanize forces to ... [ Read more ]