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Hey, I'm sorry to spam Kos again...but the front page blog right now  
is "The Year of the YouTube Campaign Video". Given our brief exchange  
about You Tube and it's blech factor, I offer this as an alternative  
take. Maybe see what you think? http://www.dailykos.com/

"Many pundits and media commentators made a fuss in 2006, calling that  
election the YouTube election.  For years anyone with a video camera  
could capture pols in embarrassing moments, but if the video was never  
shared with others, or if the gatekeepers in television news didn't  
deem it "newsworthy," few would see it.  YouTube eliminated the  
monopoly of the gatekeepers, and both campaigns and those who wanted  
to take down a candidate seized the opportunities to disseminate  
video.  The archetypal example of the changes wrought by YouTube is  
the defeat of Virginia Senator George Allen due in part to his now- 
infamous Macaca moment. We're currently in a very peculiar YouTube  
moment in the Democratic nomination contest."

Given the discussion we are having about Obama, and the main stream  
media being bought and paid for, it might be interesting to somebody.


Celia