Monday, December 15, 2003

First Political Weblog Made of Twine, Tin & Plywood? Yes, in 1840, according to a column in Sunday's Washington Post. A literal "keep the ball rolling" stunt by Whig hackers "got the entire party on message and then managed the activities of community supporters around the country" with what the article's author, Everett Ehrlich, calls "kind of primitive, analog blog." His point is actually that the economics of campaign information today will spell the end of the two-party system: "Being a Democrat or a Republican isn't enough of an advantage anymore -- there are simply too many other places where people can get political information and find political bedfellows in an age of low information costs." Ehrlich isn't rolling out his own Whig blog. He's director of research for the Committee for Economic Development and was a Clinton administration undersecretary of commerce. 10:44:00 AM    comment []

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