Sleepless at 9
I met the Governor. Joe called me over. We talked about – guess what? – blogging! He said he hadn’t realized how deeply issues-oriented were the readers of his blogging on Larry Lessig’s site. I said that I thought it worked out well ultimately. No presidential candidate had done that before. We’re all making this up as we go along. And then we talked about the value of the campaign blog.
What can you tell about a person in a few minutes of casual conversation? Lots. The Governor looked me in the eye, engaged immediately, did no meaningless “Hey, howya doin’?”, turned to a topic that was interesting and real, was perfectly at home – not a flicker of hesitation – in talking about a episode in which he didn’t do as well as he’d liked, was alert, friendly, curious.
Compare and contrast with, oh, let’s say, President Bush…
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As a Vermonter, I know Dean and have repsect for his candid, albeit ‘shoot from the hip’ approach to issues. Yet his candidness engenders a connection with people. Because he does not come off as the coached, prepped, smooth politician that we may be used to, he appeals to people. He was a fiscal conservative in Vermont. However, I do not believe he is Presidential timber and would lead the Democrats to defeat against Bush were he the nominee.
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