Dean's Blog Builds Support Despite a Lack of Personal Input

[Nicholas_J]

The former Vermont governor has a slick and informative Weblog, but if you hope to glean some insight about the man, you might be better off shaking hands with him in person.

Anyone who has visited a magazine newsrack in America this week knows the mug of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. The centrist-turned-populist candidate for U.S. president had pulled off the triple threat in campaign PR: Dean is featured on the cover of Time, Newsweek and above the banner on U.S. News this week. If you wanted to read every recent media piece on Dean, you might as well put away anything left on your summer reading list. A Google News search for "Howard Dean" brings up an eye-popping 4,340 stories.

Let me save you some time. A recurrent theme is that Dean's staff has unleashed the power of the Internet, raising millions of dollars through online drives, organizing real-world meetings of thousands of supporters through MeetUp.com, and keeping everyone updated through the "official blog." But wait, there's more. There's a photo gallery, a video repository called Dean TV, and even a wireless news update service. Not too shabby for a guy who admitted to CNN that "I kind of missed the Internet boom."

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/glaser/1060119435.php

[DrPepper]

1. Kerry's Logo

Light blue is so wimpy, definitely not electable.

[dean4america]

2. and your point is?

oh, right, i forgot, bashing Dean. How many freaking threads did you start today that are clearly biased?

Time to go feed the Dean Troll Goal :)

[T Roosevelt]

3. How much have you posted about your man Kerry?

Doesn't seem like nearly as much as Dean...what's wrong - can't find enough good things to say about Kerry?