{"id":139,"date":"2004-02-11T16:29:54","date_gmt":"2004-02-11T20:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/lydondev\/2004\/02\/11\/bloggers-call-in\/"},"modified":"2012-05-04T00:06:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T04:06:21","slug":"bloggers-call-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/lydondev\/2004\/02\/11\/bloggers-call-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloggers, Call In"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our “Midmorning” broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio<\/A> tomorrow (Friday, 9 a.m. Central, 10 a.m. Eastern) takes up the “bubble” questions that obsess the blogosphere: the boom and bust of Howard Dean’s Internet campaign, the “miracle” and\/or the media manipulation inside the Kerry comeback, the reality and the future of Internet democracy.<\/FONT><\/P>
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I invite all the faithful readers here and at <\/FONT>BOPnews<\/FONT><\/A> to weigh in. The toll-free phone is 1-800-242-2828.<\/FONT><\/P>
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Our other guests will include <\/FONT>William Saletan<\/FONT><\/A> of SLATE; <\/FONT>Tom Schaller <\/FONT><\/A>of Salon; and <\/FONT>Hendrik Hertzberg<\/FONT><\/A> of The New Yorker.<\/FONT><\/P>
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Here’s the way I’ll toss it to the radio listeners: <\/FONT><\/P>
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As they say in politics: one day you’re a peacock, the next day you’re a feather duster. Or in the case of Senator John Kerry, you’re a peacock, then a feather duster, and then a peacock again. Or if you’re Howard Dean, you go from peacock to pigeon feather and then you pretty nearly disappear. Overnight. Literally, within a few days in January, Dean collapsed from prohibitive favorite and front-runner to gasping also-ran. <\/FONT><\/P>
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Are there rules to this game? Is the building of a popular consensus around a candidate an open political process, or a pinball game? <\/FONT><\/P>
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Do voters really drive it? Do the media companies, or the Internet tilt it? <\/FONT><\/P>
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Is the game that seems to have chosen John Kerry fair? Is it wise? Is it over? <\/FONT><\/P>
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Would you understand this process of picking the people’s choice if it were unfolding in China, or Sweden, or Canada?<\/FONT><\/P>
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Over to you, bloggers. I’ll be delighted to hear you on the clear Minnesota air. Just dial: 1-800-242-2828 and be prepared to start talking. Thanks.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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