Legislative group blog
In what is believed to be a first for a legislative caucus in the U.S., all 27 Democrats of the Oregon House have joined together to publish a group blog, Oregon House Democrats. This is considered especially important because the Democrats are the minority party and their blog allows citizens to comment on each legislator's posts. Reported in "27 Legislators, One Blog" in Politics and Technology, itself an informative blog on politics and the net.
posted by claire at 1:57 PM
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Although this is an old post now, I'd like to say that Democrats aren't the minority party anymore! Yippee.
No the democrats aren't, but if they don't get their act together they won't be in the majority for long.
I think using blogs are a great way for the fellow Dems to get the message out that we need better fuel economy standards, and an expedient end to the war.
Its always great to have responsive lawmakers and more so when they are tech-savvy. It does not matter who they are --Democrats or Republics! Infact every political party in the world should interact with common people through blogs.
Well whats the advantage of creating a separate blog for democrats. Are they going to keep them updated ?
Democrats party is really a good party . it works for people. nice post
the blogs really do help with this, especially towards helping younger people get the information needed. next is to post campaign videos on youtube, my country (Ireland) are all posting videos on youtube too
Democrats, Republics or any other kind of system. We should work toward peace and harmony of the world. We should not try to dominate others but should work togther as equal.
My country Sweden has one of the advanced and developed democracies in the world and we never allow our politicians to relax. Public relations is the best way to reach to the electorate and politicians must change with time and adapt to the changing technologies to serve their people.
I agree with RocketCity we should work together as equal.
Nice article. Perfect blog for the pre-minority peles. Now, They are not classified under minority group.
As long Republic still lead by Bush, Democrats havent much chances take decision on legislative
Yup i agree Meti, sweden is one of the developed democratic countries.
And democrats are the one which are most helpful to people.
Thanks for posting this!
"27 Democrats of the Oregon House have joined together to publish a group blog"
That's a novel idea actually, i never would of imagined and parliament type people actually blogging!
Democracy is great but I still think that alot of politicians are corrupt but I suppose it goes with the job. Then every four or five years they knock on your door looking for your vote and promise this that and the other and in the end of the day they accomplish little, except filling there pockets with taxpayers money.
According to me its not wrong on the part of politicians to think in their interest and not public interest. Anyone who is human is bound to fall for such temptations. As long as they are doing some good work its all acceptable.
Its great to see politicians jumping to the internet bandwagon to reach out to the voters. Publishing a blog was the right decision to make, considering you don't really have too many politicians cum bloggers out there.
I hope the Democrats will stay the biggist party.
And may I know what are they going to achieve with this ?
Interesting reading, but sometimes politicians and blogs don't mix. Look at David Cameron's attempts to get down with the UK's youth voters! His blog just makes you cringe.
Interesting, indeed. The Internet offers interactive potential, capable of building a strong relationship between the candidate and a voter seen as a distinct person and not as a part of a mob with uniform characteristics or attitudes that can be easily led towards a desired destination. Consequently, politicians now make use of blogs to build and maintain a relationship by transmitting information to and receiving feedback from voters. This "each flower smells different" concept materializes into a one-to-one relationship between politician and voter, which makes electors feel that their opinions DO count. This communication is not important only because it tickles the voters' ego, however. It is also significant in terms of raising political capital because blogs and politicians' own Web sites often invite users to sign up for a contact list or an RSS feed, obtaining potential voters' email addresses. Consequently, politicians can send information to supporters and extend their sphere of influence without lifting a finger. Therefore, the core essence of relationship marketing--"attracting, maintaining, and enhancing relationships with key people"--is thoroughly captured by this virtual ping-pong of blog replies between politicians and voters.
That is a very nice article we could use some of those here in Maryland.
It represents a big opportunity for US citizens to connect directly with Oregon's House Democrats and have a
online conversation with them about the future of the state.
Could some one explain the difference between Democrats and Republicans?
I tried looking up a dictionary but it said something about power being held by the elected representative....so arent they the same thing?
its a great use of information technology to be more transparent and to allow more feedback from the ppl. This shld be the model for all impt organisations :)
Seems thingt did not change that much since 2005
I was really surprised to learn that the Democrats were in the minority in the state of Oregon. I have always considered Oregon and Washington to rather liberal states.
Wish our legislators in kenya would open their own blogs like the oregon house democrats.
That way we would know what exactly they are doing.
Using blogging in politics is a positive step in closing the gap between politicians and the voters. But it can only really be effective as long as it is kept personal and sincere.
But for that, first the politicians need to be sincere in their intentions.
You know what, i think its time for the democrats to take over leadership there usually are great changes when they are in government. I'm talking about economic etc
This looks very interesting. Politicians are going to open up for discussion on the internet? It would be nice if it holds true.
Long live the people of Hawaii! I hope that I could visit it some day
Your friend from Japan
Finally things are being done
Global Warming
hawaii.gov its very useful for student ( like me). I hope this blog always update. thanks you
Claire, Thats a really good blog that Oregon Democrats one. I see they're now posting YouTube videos as well. That was unheard of back in 2005. In fact I don't think you could even embed YouTube videos back then. And now, of course, every politician and his dog is doing it - some better than others. Bit scary the power Google/YouTube have over our lives, wouldn't you say? à bientôt, Malkie, Paris Welcome to Wallyworld
The Internet offers interactive potential, capable of building a strong relationship between the candidate and a voter seen as a distinct person and not as a part of a mob with uniform characteristics or attitudes that can be easily led towards a desired destination. Consequently, politicians now make use of blogs to build and maintain a relationship by transmitting information to and receiving feedback from voters. This "each flower smells different" concept materializes into a one-to-one relationship between politician and voter, which makes electors feel that their opinions DO count. This communication is not important only because it tickles the voters' ego, however. It is also significant in terms of raising political capital because blogs and politicians' own Web sites often invite users to sign up for a contact list or an RSS feed, obtaining potential voters' email addresses. Consequently, politicians can send information to supporters and extend their sphere of influence without lifting a finger. Therefore, the core essence of relationship marketing--"attracting, maintaining, and enhancing relationships with key people"--is thoroughly captured by this virtual ping-pong of blog replies between politicians and voters.
Is this blog still active?
Not quite sure where you are reading this post, deep links. Perhaps reading only the one post page URL? This particular post is one of our earliest posts.
This blog thrives at :
http://www.hawaii.gov/lrb/libblog/
I think using blogs are a great way for the fellow Dems to get the message out that we need better fuel economy standards, and an expedient end to the war.
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