2008 Hopefuls

I failed to introduce myself in my first post. My name is Kevan Hancock and I will be assisting Ryan McCoy on this blog by searching for the latest news and commentary about this exciting, upcoming Presidential Campaign race.

(Guardian Unlimited) posted this article about the influence of the new media (ie: Youtube.com, MySpace.com) on this campaign and how it fits into the mix with the older, more traditional media outlets:

“Old media enter into an uneasy alliance with new media tonight to grill the Democratic candidates in the United States’s 2008 presidential race.

CNN and YouTube, the video-sharing website, are holding a joint debate in which the public have sent in video-recorded questions for Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the other candidates.

Hours before last night’s deadline, more than 2,300 videos recorded on webcameras and mobile phones had been submitted.

Among them is a 30-second clip from a cancer survivor who removes her wig and says her chances of survival are not as good as they would have been if she had had health insurance. ” Continue reading at guardian.co.uk.

Filed under: Democrats, Clinton, Obama