As I sit here watching March Madness, I see the future of politics. Do I see politics as a game? Perhaps, but that is not the future, that is the nature of politics. No, the key is that I am not watching on television. I am watching on my computer. I have watched the debates online before. But what is remarkable is that I can watch any game at anytime. This was available last year, but it worked sporadically, this year it will be my standard way to watch.
But instead of watching Kansas St. and USC (good game by the way), I imagine that I am watching a Senate debate. Instead of watching Duke and Belmont (is Duke going to lose), I imagine that I am watching a cabinet debate (man am I junkie). The MSM has not even begun to deal with blogs, imagine when every debate, every second of the government is open to every citizen. Barack Obama understands the change that this will make on politics.