PDF has launched a new group blog called techPresident that will focus on how the 2008 Presidential campaigns ‘are using the web, and how the web is using them.’ As a former campaign staffer myself–including two national Presidential staffs–I am intrigued by what the new techPresident blog is tackling. An objective (if they can do it) watch group for the emergence of the Internet’s role in the ‘08 campaign will capture history being made, as a new factor (the Internet) most likely becomes a–if not the–key political medium.

The New York Times felt analytical as they covered the techPresident blog announcement today. Here is some of what the Times said:

Unlike most politics sites, techpresident.com will be the online equivalent of a trade magazine, aimed at political professionals who need to keep up with the Internet and technology executives involved in creating the tools they use. A group blog with a dozen contributors, it is an extension of Personal Democracy Forum, an online publishing and conference business owned by an Internet entrepreneur, Andrew Raseij.

Although Mr. Raseij has been a donor and adviser to Democratic candidates — he served as chairman of the technology advisory group of the Howard Dean campaign — he has recruited former campaign workers from both parties as bloggers. ‘When techies talk about technology, they tend to forget their politics,’ Mr. Raseij said.

This is a blog to watch as the avalanche of political stuff roars over us in the months to come.

PDF has launched a new group blog called techPresident that will focus on how the 2008 Presidential campaigns ‘are using the web, and how the web is using them.’ As a former campaign staffer myself–including two national Presidential staffs–I am intrigued by what the new techPresident blog is tackling. An objective (if they can do [...]