Senator Joe Biden Has a Blog

Senator Biden is one of the most able and well-informed senators in Washington. Biden is certainly thinking of running for president in 2008 and, for a year now, he has had a website and blog, both called United Our States. The website itself has slick graphics and the news section is easy to use but the kind of people who come to political websites usually want issues and discussions and not necessarily a campaign ad with numerous pictures of the candidate looking straight into the camera; nevertheless, the website can be useful for a national audience that would like to know more about Biden's statements and policies. I'm not sure, however, that Biden's staff understands what a blog is. The posts are infrequent (7 posts in May) and there doesn't seem to be anything in the way of a dialogue going on (no comment section, etc.).

Biden's staffers should look at John Edwards' One America blog which has been on the internet for some time. It is an active site that covers Edwards' activities and has active discussions on the issues by members of the blog. Both John Edwards and Elizabeth have diaries on the site that they add to every few weeks. This is dialogue and it's something that other Democratic candidates need to catch up on.