More politicians write blogs to bypass mainstream media

But for the name at the top of the page, the Web log would seem unspectacular – the work of some disaffected technophile tilting against the establishment:

"Bloggers are a force," quips the blog in an eclectic column that ricochets from San Francisco journalism to German philosophy. "The established order of politics (EOP) and the MSM [mainstream media] face a big challenge from this fearless army."

This, however, is not the rallying call of some anonymous agitator. This is one of the first blog entries by Jerry Brown, mayor of Oakland. For a politician who has always teetered on the edge of the counterculture – known as Mayor Moonbeam – the leap from establishment figure to cultural insurgent is perhaps not a difficult one. But more politicians are following in his footsteps, looking to the Web as a way to bypass the media and get out their own message – unvarnished and unedited.

Full Story: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0324/p02s01-uspo.html