This is the end of the Florida Democratic Party's Official Blog.
Why? Because of the contradiction in the words "Official Blog".
Read any good blogs lately? I bet they were edgy. Had some personality. Dished a little. Maybe they linked to a variety of news articles or documents and contained insightful commentary. They maybe took some back page news like the Downing Street Memos and showed you why they should be on the frontpage of every rag that dares to call itself a newspaper.
The FDP Blog didn't. It couldn't. Anything put out on the Official Blog has to be something the FDP can stand by. It becomes policy. We can't have my personal opinions out on the blog and expect our Chair to have to confirm or deny them. She's got better things to do than explain my political opinions.
Content for the Official Blog needs to be vetted by the Chair before it can be posted. A time-consuming process, especially when she is travelling or has other priorities. If we want to go to all that trouble, it should be for big news. The kind of thing that might be in a press release. If I'm going to do a press release, then I can just post that to the website. No blog necessary.
I love blogs. If you need some good blogs on Florida politics, I recommend floridapolitix and flnews. Those are my personal choices, not endorsed by the party. (Imagine that disclaimer after every paragraph). For the official word from the Florida Democratic Party, come see us at www.fladems.com.
Chris Sands
IT Director
Florida Democratic Party
Why? Because of the contradiction in the words "Official Blog".
Read any good blogs lately? I bet they were edgy. Had some personality. Dished a little. Maybe they linked to a variety of news articles or documents and contained insightful commentary. They maybe took some back page news like the Downing Street Memos and showed you why they should be on the frontpage of every rag that dares to call itself a newspaper.
The FDP Blog didn't. It couldn't. Anything put out on the Official Blog has to be something the FDP can stand by. It becomes policy. We can't have my personal opinions out on the blog and expect our Chair to have to confirm or deny them. She's got better things to do than explain my political opinions.
Content for the Official Blog needs to be vetted by the Chair before it can be posted. A time-consuming process, especially when she is travelling or has other priorities. If we want to go to all that trouble, it should be for big news. The kind of thing that might be in a press release. If I'm going to do a press release, then I can just post that to the website. No blog necessary.
I love blogs. If you need some good blogs on Florida politics, I recommend floridapolitix and flnews. Those are my personal choices, not endorsed by the party. (Imagine that disclaimer after every paragraph). For the official word from the Florida Democratic Party, come see us at www.fladems.com.
Chris Sands
IT Director
Florida Democratic Party
