Nichts gegen die aktuellen Politblog-Anstrengungen, aber was der Parteichef der britischen Conservative Party mit seinem Videoblog erreicht, stellt momentan wohl alles in den Schatten:
Picture this: Every day, a major candidate for the highest office in the land spends a few minutes talking into a video camera held by an aide. Then the recordings are posted, with very minor editing, to the his Web site. On some days, they show him on the street, talking casually about the visit he’s making to a local business or a day care center. On other days, he’s sitting in his office, giving candid responses to the top five questions that have been posted to his blog, as chosen by visitors to his site. The videos are all generally unscripted; the settings are unencumbered by props; and the camera work is about as good as any tourist’s visiting the zoo.
If you think this is a fantasy, don’t. This, in a nutshell, is how David Cameron, the youthful leader of Britain’s opposition Conservative Party, has been taking advantage of online video since he launched his “Webcameron” site (www.webcameron.org.uk) last fall. His casual and extended videos have not hurt his popularity; right now, Cameron’s Conservatives are leading the ruling Labor Party by 13 percentage points in a recent poll.