Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks loved baseball so much that he was famous for the saying, "Let's play two!"Thursday, we'll have two guests in the GMU-TV video studio in 437 Innovation Hall as part of our Political Journalism class:
- 2 p.m., Lee Rainie, founding director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Rainie will talk about the impact of the Internet on campaigning and the political process.
- 3-4:15 p.m., Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Dean is the former governor of Vermont and a 2004 Democratic presidential candidate who is credited as the first candidate to use the Internet effectively.
Both Rainie and Dean will join C-SPAN Political Editor Steve Scully in the network's Washington, D.C. studio. Students from George Mason, Denver and Pace universities participate in the two-way, live video conferences. The Dean session will be televised and streamed on C-SPAN3 Friday at 5 p.m. Sessions are also archived online.
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Governor Howard Dean was a pleasure to have in class. Dean’s intellect and passion radiated off the screen unlike so many of today’s “cookie-cutter” politicians. I enjoyed the use of Dean’s statistics, which thoughtfully proved or disproved whatever subject was at hand.
Throughout the discussion Dean emphasized the extreme division between the country and channeled former President Clinton and his mantra; “This is America. There is no them. There is only us.” Dean discussed the need for the next president to both “heal America and restore America’s moral leadership.” In standing up for what you believe in, Dean said, “at least if you didn’t vote for me, you will respect me.”
Further emphasizing his point on healing the bitter divide between Americans, Dean urged Americans to “stop fighting about Roe vs. Wade” and to come to a compromise that does not involve only unrealistic extremes.
Next, Dean discussed the use of the Internet on the 2008 presidential campaign and the notion that the Internet has created “citizens of the world, not just citizens of America.” Similarly, guest speaker Lee Rainie foreshadowed that the winning 2008 presidential candidate will be the candidate that can use the Internet most effectively. “Nobody is skeptical. Everybody is experimenting. People are using the Internet to fundraise because it is more efficient,” Rainie said. Rainie reflected on Dean’s monumental use of the Internet during his campaign and how his blog “changed the atmosphere regarding the Internet.”
Veronica Hohenstein
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