{"id":317,"date":"2006-06-19T17:46:07","date_gmt":"2006-06-19T21:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/semitrue.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/19\/vablog06-3\/"},"modified":"2006-06-20T17:42:38","modified_gmt":"2006-06-20T21:42:38","slug":"vablog06-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semitrue.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/19\/vablog06-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Introductory talk by &#8220;Dr. Bob&#8221; Holsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing my review of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vablog.org\/\">2006 VA Bloggers Summit<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After the opening remarks by Bob McDonnell, we were treated to an introduction by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcu.edu\/gehli\/affholsworth.html\">Bob Holsworth<\/a>, Director of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vcu.edu\/cppweb\">Center  for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University<\/a>. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dr. Bob\u00e2\u20ac\u009d fired the opening salvo in  what was the topic number one in the background chatter: are bloggers responsible for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_H._Webb\">Jim Webb<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s  nomination as Democratic candidate for Senate? (Waldo hosts a thoughtful discussion <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/waldo.jaquith.org\/blog\/2006\/06\/webb-lowell-josh\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Holsworth concluded that, although the bloggers could not  take full credit for Webb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s victory, they were part of the discussion that  leant forward momentum to the Webb campaign. He credited the blogs with helping  Democrats focus on a strategic candidate, one who looks good as a virtual  candidate against George Allen, but wondered whether a national campaign can  translate Webb into a practical candidate. Allen, said Holsworth, will run a  local campaign, portraying Webb as a hand-picked candidate who happens to live  in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Holsworth then spoke more of Allen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presidential  aspirations, how former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Warner\">Governor  Mark Warner<\/a> is framing himself as another presidential candidate, and the  strategic decisions that led to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Kaine\">Governor  Tim Kaine<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s victory last fall. By the end of his talk, I think everyone  there was excited about being a Virginia Political Blogger during this  momentous time.<\/p>\n<p>Holsworth is a teacher and a lecturer, and it shows. I felt  like I was in a very interesting Political Science 101 class. He says \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<em>uhh\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  way too many times, but is an inspired speaker and brings up interesting  questions regarding the future of Virginia politics in general, how campaigns  work and what makes a candidate choose their priorities. 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