David Kluskiewicz

Candidates running for governor of Connecticut, the 8th oldest state, have started blogging.The two parties use medium very differntly.

DeStefano’s blog allows comments, appears to be written candidly by staffers and provides an RSS feed to keep up on the campaign. Posts are categorized. It’s a true conversation facilitator.
Rell’s site contains a page called “blog”, but it’s just a dated html page, absent of any index or comments. It’s still early, so maybe there is still something engaging in the works.
No doubt, both candidates’ staffers read the recent Times article (login required) hailing blogs as a new channel to reach that hard-to-reach audience.
If these campaigns are elevated to a level where debates take place outside of the filters of MSM, voters will benefit from a new source of information and maybe a refreshing release from the words Democrat and Republican in every other headline.