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May 28, 2003

The Internet Constituency

I've posted an article called "The Internet Constituency" that reviews the webbiness of the various presidential candidates' web sites. Only two show any promise, IMO. One of them I actually like: Howard Dean's, especially his staff's weblog. See, for example, the currently lead article on the Dean site which is an open letter to the FCC opposing the proposed rule change that would make it even easier for the media to concentrate itself into a ball so dense that no light escapes from it.

Here's the opening of the article:

The Republic of the Internet certainly has been downgraded since the day John Perry Barlow declared its independence in 1996. The Internet is not a nation, it's not a state, and it's not even a county. But is it at least a constituency? If so, most of the presidential candidates are campaigning there about as seriously as they are in Alaska: it'll be surprising if their campaign plane alights there even to refuel...with one encouraging exception.

(Disclosure: I've done a little volunteer work for the Dean campaign.)

Posted by D. Weinberger at May 28, 2003 12:05 PM

Comments

I'm impressed with Dean's site, too--especially with the blog. But the blog *sorely* needs to add commenting/discussion capabilities. Otherwise, where is the conversation?

Posted by: Dave (C&E) Rogers | May 28, 2003 04:13 PM

Yeah, I would like discussion on the official blog as well, however, I can understand why they don't. Instead, the dean2004.blogspot.com seems to be the main unofficial spot for blog type discussions. www.dailykos.com also gets a lot of Dean related blog discussions. However, most of the discussions about the campaign tend to be on the mailing lists, of which there are many on Yahoo

Posted by: aldon | May 28, 2003 05:58 PM

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