Okay, there's an election campaign going on. Sure, it's historic. But what I want to know is, what happens after the election, after the handicapping, polling, and prognosticating are finished, after the game is over, and the work begins? I listened to Joe Trippi on Friday speaking at a New Democratic Network Event, assert that the second ever "bottom up" campaign (ie, Obama's) is about to defeat the best-ever-of-all-time "top down" campaign (ie, Clinton's). But does running a successful networked campaign mean a candidate will govern differently?

That's the question of the PdF's new "Policy Not Politics" Weekly Roundup. We'll focus on what the rise of the networked age means for "small 'g' governance" as Jerry Michalski called it. This weekly email newsletter will compile posts from the Personal Democracy Forum blog focused on how the internet is changing, and perhaps should change, how we govern ourselves. Trippi suggested that we are about to see the first network-era presidency much as Kennedy represented the first TV-era presidency. This Weekly Roundup will be focused on what that means and who is doing what about it.

We'll tend to do a few things every week, with the option to change and improve as we go. We'll highlight new initiatives and topics as they occur, track related events and conferences, host a live online interview or two (and encourage your participation), and provide some deeper insights into a different topic every week.

Please let me know about your activities and ideas (as well as comments and criticism) – dwitzel@policycommons.org. If you see something I should see, tag it with "policycommons" – I'll make sure to look.

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