Two Notes About Election 2008

First, John Edwards has learned nothing from Walter Mondale. Promising to raise taxes is no way to get elected president.

Second, MySpace and MTV are hosting a series of presidential debates over MySpace IM, their brand-new Instant Messaging client. This is a pretty slick idea; the use of presidential candidates to market something other than themselves is nothing short of brilliant. And opening the forum of political debate to a wider audience than Jim Lehrer is probably a good thing.

I'll be keeping an eye on this thing as it goes on; having watched some of the videos from John Edwards' appearance a month ago, it looks like they really will put these candidates on the spot a little bit.