Free Speech
Yesterday, I was part of a panel on the role of blogs in campaigns. It was at three oclock, so I couldnt make it to two other events that I really wanted to attend. One was the Meetup Meetup. If...
View ArticlePelosi's leadership
On June 25th, Nancy Pelosi came and campaigned for Diane Farrell, who is running for congress in the 4th Congressional District of Connecticut. I paused to pose for pictures with my wife who is running...
View ArticleThe first daughters…
It has been interesting listening to Vanessa and Alexandra Kerry talk about their father. There have been references to love of country and integrity. These are values that all Americans hold, right? I...
View ArticleCredentials, the hot item
DailyKos is writing about Credential Swapping, a way of getting more people into the convention hall. Apparently, it is gotten so bad that they have locked the hall. It is interesting to think about...
View ArticleDean signs and a final homage.
Recently, I got the following email: Fellow blogger here. Why were there no printed Dean signs at the convention? Or at least, few to be seen. I responded: I don’t know. I do know that people from...
View ArticleAfter the Convention: A Call to Action
I go through life feeling the impulse to double-click on signs and doors, so I guess it’s not too weird that, when I read a pointer in the Austin American-Statesman to Kerry’s speech at...
View ArticleBlogger recap
When it was first reported that bloggers would be receiving press credentials to cover the Democratic National Convention, amidst all the articles talking about how bloggers arent real journalists,...
View ArticleMore about blogging and democracy
Perhaps the most important part of the Democratic National Convention blogging is yet to begin; trying to figure out what happened, what worked, what didn’t, what convention blogging, political...
View ArticleConvention Photos
Finally, I’ve gotten a chance to go over my convention photos. Obama the Blogger’s Breakfast Dell Sandusky at the Blogger’s Breakfast Gov. Dean at the Blogger’s Breakfast Delegates at Dean Delegates...
View ArticleA Post Broadcast Convention?
Much has been written about post-broadcast politics, networked politics, or any other number of phrases about the political process moving beyond the thirty second soundbite on the evening news....
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