Human Faces :: July 27th, 2004 ::
So Jessamyn now finds herself down at the DNC. I will reluctantly at this point say that she seems to be having a good time, which is quite interesting. Both her weblog and her pictures from the first day remind me that in spite of all the celebrity that seems to surround our elected officials, those people are quite clearly, human.
If you don’t believe me, just look at this picture of Chris Matthews and what I think is the back of Terry McAuliffe’s head. The scene looks more like a badly lit tent at a block party than a scripted cable news show.
Though the convention has just started and the jury is still out on whether this whole blogger phenomenon will change the face of political discourse and participation in this country, I am fundamentally optimistic about the effect that these people will have in the coming days.
