The Change In The Game
National Journal explores the new dynamic blogs and viral video have given political campaigns:
Campaigns understand that the quirky electronic new-media platforms can easily spark coverage or help candidates play defense against rivals. Online news aggregators collect establishment reporting but are willing to be guided by what’s popular. Many blogs mix opinion with reporting and analysis. And a handful of cliquish, minutia-obsessed political websites follow hour-by-hour developments in polling, horse race predictions, and he-said/she-said sparring among rival candidates.
The thing I like best,
The thing I like best, blogging let's us keep track of who's more or less honest and consistent. Before "blogs" (message boards came first), all the lies of the Bush administration would be unheard of. And on the rare occasion they were heard, they would be gone tomorrow. Lining a litter box or filling a dump.
There is no longer any such thing as "yesterday's news" and politician's asses have never been tighter. Would Bosnia Betty be an issue without blogs? Nope.
This is how it should be.
The more politicians realize that they have to stick to the truth the better quality of Americans we'll find running for office.
The Hillary Clinton, Tom Delay, George Bush types will fade for lack of ability to freely lie. That can only be good.
We are the new stewards of history.