A Slight Modification
Yesterday in my blog I basically said that I wasn't so sure if blogging would be a good or bad idea for a Congressional representative to utilize on their Web sites. While I am still not sure of the answer I must make a slight modification to what I said.
When I considered what size of a population would take advantage of a Congressional blog, I downplayed the scope. Today I decided to take a look at the blog that Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) keeps, and was surprised (and impressed) to see the number of comments that his blog entries receive. While I was thinking that maybe a hundred people might respond, I was surprised to see that some entries had over 800 comments.
Yes, I still stand by my opinion that not everyone will read the blog and the comments might be slightly skewed to represent a small component of the constituency, but maybe blogs make sense. It might eventually become a great way to open up a forum and get the constituency talking, but for the Congressman or women's electoral sake, they should hope that what the constituents say is in their favor.
When I considered what size of a population would take advantage of a Congressional blog, I downplayed the scope. Today I decided to take a look at the blog that Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) keeps, and was surprised (and impressed) to see the number of comments that his blog entries receive. While I was thinking that maybe a hundred people might respond, I was surprised to see that some entries had over 800 comments.
Yes, I still stand by my opinion that not everyone will read the blog and the comments might be slightly skewed to represent a small component of the constituency, but maybe blogs make sense. It might eventually become a great way to open up a forum and get the constituency talking, but for the Congressman or women's electoral sake, they should hope that what the constituents say is in their favor.
