...and you represented us well, Peter! This is an interesting time - this information age. The internet has to stay free to counter the propagandization of the America corporate media, which has, for the most part, made a sham of the journalistic experience.

Routine media blackouts on such important issues as the war, our broken electoral systems, and the Bush and Congressional policies of the past six years have effectively been countered by online bloggers and journalists.

But in the end, what the NH Primary brings to the democratic process is the ability of all voters to be actively involved in meeting and talking to presidential wannabees. The online world is still a self-selecting group of interested political addicts.

What we saw with the Dean campaign was that online blogging didn't take the place of on the ground meetups and organizing. People like to be able to look each other in the eye and have human interactions.

I hope that DFNH will be able to facilitate both forms of interaction in the coming years.