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A look at Cyrus Krohn, the Republican National Committee's eCampaign director. Or, in the words of his boss, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, "He's helping bring our party to the 21st century." On the Twittering, Facebooking, widgety frontier of politics, one of the webbiest sites this campaign season was born just a few days ago: a 24/7 online town hall, where voters, via text or video, can help craft their party's platform. GOPPlatform2008.com was built by a team headed by Krohn, a veteran of Microsoft and Yahoo who's proving to be one of the GOP's most important Internet gurus. At the new site, users can send their thoughts on the party's platform and suggestions for issues that the GOP should tackle. Anyone can participate, Republican or not. Though a staff screens vulgar and distasteful submissions, it's still the riskiest thing the RNC has ever done online.