Too Far Ahead of The Curve?

They say "the pioneers get the arrows." In other words, while being cutting edge has some advantages, it also has some disadvantages. For example, you get soaked with the cost of working out the kinks, fixing the glitches, figuring out the beta version, and then someone comes in later and learns from your mistakes. Such is the case in politics. As Hotline's "On-Call" blog reports:

"... donating via mobile phones is still not feasible for politics because of potential legal problems with phone companies. Just ask Michigan Gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos' campaign, who attempted to raise money on cell phones by text messaging in $4.99 increments last week only to have T-Mobile call three days later and ask them to take it down because of potential legal issues."

It's a fine line between being cutting-edge and taking too many risks. They may have crossed it.