I wrote yesterday about the call for popular progressivism on the British Politics weblog. The anonymous author behind it sent me an interesting email. He (maybe I’m wrong in assuming the author is male) reckons e-communications are beginning to provide an important alternative to conventional political networks.
“I’ve never met you, or Harry, or Chris Bertram — and I doubt we’d ever meet — yet to use a ridiculous phrase, we’re now a network — and an inclusive one too, because anyone can come along and join us.
“It’s the reverse of the exclusive network. Sure, the price we have to pay is right-wing nutcases, but even that can be useful, because it’s a constant reminder that everything isn’t for the best in the best of all possible worlds.”
I don’t understand the excitement in some places about Howard Dean’s weblog. Political Wire points today to a rare post by governor Dean himself (the content of which is so thin, I wonder why he bothered), as well as a post about the post.
This is not how political weblogs will progress.