What Scoble Can Teach John Edwards

Over at the John Edwards Blog, Mickeleh gives his take on the importance of Scoble's coverage. Now, a quick look-around does not tell me just who Mickeleh is and that would be helpful, but I find it interesting that the site is apparently posting some analysis of what's going on rather than the boosterism I'm finding on so many other political sites.

Mickeleh, it seems to me, has written a pretty good piece, with a clear understanding of social media as a toolset that allows transparency. But, I think he or she misses a very key point about Scoble's being there. Robert's most significant contribution to blogging is that he taught the rest of us how to put a human face on corporate blogging.

One thing most voters in the world would agree upon is that we could use more human faces on the suits who run for office. So far Edwards is out in front in trying to attempt this. He is not yet there. If he does achieve the sort of transparency that Scoble has proven is possible to achieve, then I believe he will be our next president.

That is, of course, if we voters like what we see.
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[Jeremiah Owyang]

is there a link to see Micheleh?

[shel israel]

Fixed. Jeremiah, I should hire you to be my full time editor.

[Jill Foster]

Hello Shel -- I appreciate your take on Scoble's impact on humanizing corporate blogs and transparency overall (posted a quick bit on it here: http://livingwithgeeks.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/transparency-in-interviewing-from-geeks-to-presidential-candidates/

Have a good one, Jill F.

[Mickeleh]

New Year's resolution: work on profile.

Here's a sketch:
Went to Bronx Science--before Dave Winer.
Ran Apple creative services and worldwide corporate advertising sometime during the Jobs interregnum. (best campaign: "What's on your Powerbook")
Spent the first bubble consulting (most clients were acquired, chapter 11, or under indictment)
Was creative director for development of the Moxi U-I. (we won two Emmy awards so far. Nominated for a third)
Mickeleh's Take is my tech marketing and personal blog. Mickeleh's Soapbox is my political blog.
(I'm omitting my misadventures in standup comedy.)

[shel israel]

Pleasure to know, ya, Mikeleh.

[Justin Thorp]

I agree that the transparency is HUGE. Too much of my generation (20 somethings) don't care about politics. If you were to ask them about John Edwards they'd say, "who the hell is he and why should I care?"

There's the feeling that government is just a bunch of old white guys in suits who really don't have a clue about what there constituents want. Having the transparency will help to bridge the gap and get the conversation going.

I hope that Robert is able to help Edwards see that it needs to be a real conversation. He can't just blog because it's cool. I have seen too many politicians fall into that trap. They blog because they see it as an easy way to stroke their own egos.

[Jordon Cooper]

The Edward's Flickr site does a nice job of humanizing John. Now photos can be staged bit it does seem a lot more human than a lot of campaigns.