Phil Blog has been updated
Governor Bredesen has updated his blog:
My first blog entry, ever (the one on 5/9 was not from me).
When we put up the new web site containing a Phil blog last week, I didn’t expect that it would create the buzz that it has. Since Monday, I’ve heard from TV, newspapers, people on the street, emails, and lots of traffic in the blogosphere (reported to me, I’m not a user) about various things especially including whether I would be doing the postings vs a staff member.
Not sure what that I’m not a user bit is about, must be related to the Internets. He has vowed that all future postings will be from him (unless otherwise noted) and I hope that’s why the first entry disappeared (and not down the memory hole). He also says:
I don’t know if this will work. The relative informality and immediacy that makes blogs interesting are at odds with the circumspection and care that a responsible office requires and without which you get your feet tangled up real quick. I’m going to try it for a while, but if it is dull or if the political cost is too great I may need to close up shop at some point in the future. It is really worth giving it a try though.
Yeah, unscripted, politicians get in trouble. Why do you think presidential debates aren’t really debates?
Welcome to blogging, Governor. Good to see you mean it this time.
