Peter Kinder’s Blogger Conference Call
As documented elsewhere on the Interwebs, Peter Kinder hosted a conference call for bloggers yesterday afternoon. If memory serves, he’s the first serious candidate in Missouri to do anything of the sort.
Conventional wisdom tells us that most, if not all, statewide candidates will hold open Q&As with bloggers this cycle. Common sense tells us something else.
The people who tell candidates what to “believe” and how to say it have enough problems dealing with the real media, so who wants to open themselves up to questions from hyperpartisan bloggers?
A: Peter Kinder and any other candidate with nothing to hide.
Let’s face it: The toughest questions Democrats can ask the Lt. Gov. right now involve Paul McKee. Which is, ironically, exactly what Peter wants to talk about this week. And next week. And the week after that. Every open and honest answer about McKee’s contributions segues nicely into riffs on Northside redevelopment and Peter’s work in St. Louis City.
Glasnost? Da!
When it comes to providing access to bloggers, we’re a long way from letting the Hancock kids read questions to Jay Nixon about the Second Injury Fund, and we’ll never hear Matt Blunt ask Howard Beale if he’d like to know more about fee office management. Still, Kinder’s approach to opposition bloggers — and the questions they ask — sets an exemplary example.
Related:
Live Blogging the Peter Kinder Blogger Conference Call [Missouri Politics]
Peter Kinder Conference Call: Liveblogging [24th State - Jim Durbin]
Kinder hopes for EcoDevo restart [CDT Politics Blog]
Kinder unveils new high-tech campaign site [SE Missourian]
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