Although the backdrop on this is political, it is not about any candidate rather another clear example of the "benefits" email brings to our lives.  In this case, we have the exchange between Clinton campaign press secretary
Philippe Reines and MSNBC reporter David Shuster about his questionable comments made on air.  These two gents had a snarky exchange that at least Shuster was engaged in via his Blackberry.  Here’s the link to the full exchange and note the
"Sent using BlackBerry" signature. 

What strikes me most about this is that here we have two public figures shooting nastygrams back and forth via email and now it is published for us all to see.  This type of scenario plays out every day in every organization.  Email is at best a one-sided conversation and certainly not a substitute for meaningful dialog.  Maybe someone should have picked up the phone.