I haven't had a chance to post about Marcotte's resignation from the Edwards campaign, though it has been a topic of conversation at home and in the classroom.
For the record, I feel bad for Amanda. Sounds like she was all packed up and ready to relocate when she was impelled to quit. Some serious bottom dwellers have been filling her inbox with crap. I also don't know whether bloggers or others should held be held accountable for every word written on the Internet.
Interesting discussions are coming out of all this.
From TPMCafe:
...there appears to be a deep division between the wide open debate culture of the emerging blogosphere and the high-stakes, tightly controlled world of electoral politics. Must every writer tamp down the free flow of thoughts and ideas to have a future in politics? Or maybe our politics can be more accepting of the occasional controversial idea. Is there a middle ground in which the blogosphere and electoral politics can meet, or are we beginning to see a division within the public debate?
In her first post on this topic, Amanda writes,
Blogging is a real counterpoint to the thoughtless, elitist, soundbite-driven mainstream media, where we're supposed to absorb an endless stream of soundbites and photo ops and our participation is limited mostly to a vote every couple of years. Blogs are bringing back the 19th century debate culture, where people would attend real debates and political rallies and listen to speeches for hours at a time.