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October 28, 2005BELTWAY BLOGROLL
CapitolLink: The Speaker's Journal
On any other day, the fact that House Speaker Dennis Hastert had decided to try his hand at blogging might have generated quite a bit of attention in the blogosphere.
But the Illinois Republican just happened to make that move yesterday -- when many conservative bloggers were celebrating the decision of Harriet Miers to withdraw her nomination to the Supreme Court and when liberal bloggers continued champing at the bit for indictments against White House staffers. (They got their wish today, with the indictment and resignation of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the vice president's chief of staff.)
The substance of Hastert's first post at the Speaker's Journal isn't exactly the stuff of front-page news. He bills it as a forum where people can gain "inside access to the Republican playbook," but that appears to be a bit of false advertising, what with his superficial talk about hurricane recovery and oil refineries.
Hastert also doesn't appear ready to fully seize the conversational spirit of the blogosphere. He doesn't offer comments on his blog, and he starts his first post by describing the new online venue as "a new way for us to get our message out." That kind of talk doesn't exactly inspire much confidence that readers can expect the "unfiltered updates on Capitol Hill" that Hastert promises a few sentences later.
Hastert ends the post like this: "Well, there you have it folks. I've outlined some of our priorities: fiscal responsibility and energy. I'm going to keep updating this from time to time. It's not that bad. Looks like this old guy can still learn a thing or two."
Let's hope so.
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