Clark’s blog

Clark’s blog
: Wesley Clark’s community weblog isn’t coming off as interactive but as amateurish. Linking to a New Yorker profile, it says, “This article is written after Boyer had a series of interviews with Wesley Clark. The article is factual but at times the author uses words with negative connotations.” Well, gee, that happens.

I would have expected something slicker, better presented, more eloquent a representation of the candidate and his community. Campaigns need something between this, out of the Kiro5hin/Slash model, and Clark’s blog with comments that won’t scale. There needs to be a way to capture the voice of the campaign — so we can judge the candidate and what he has to say — while also capturing the voice of the supporters and making the two distinct but strong. They haven’t found the right formula yet.

2 responses to “Clark’s blog”

  1. Scott Avatar

    Hmmmm…someone to show campaigns how to run slick weblogs…there’s a business oppurtunity waiting to happen.

  2. Rick (Independents For Clark) Avatar

    Jeff,
    The Clark community weblog is open to posts by those of us who are not professional journalists (i.e. amateurs). So some of the comments may sound amateurish. Isn’t the idea to hear the voice of the people?
    This is also the first day of the public beta. There hasn’t been time for the most professional-appearing posts to percolate up to the top. Many posts are still of the “Hello World” variety. We’re in New Haven, not Broadway yet.