First-person politics: Netroots to take on political establishment

As Ottawa finally starts to move to an issue-based political debate, future elections will likely see a new crop of net activists moving beyond parody, symbolic and first-person politics.

NEW YORK CITY—American broadcaster and new media guru Douglas Rushkoff was clearly unimpressed. The first to speak at the Personal Democracy Forum, a gathering of America's biggest and brightest internet campaigning minds, strategists, and practitioners, Rushkoff had the maverick bloggers' ...

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