Obama in Onawa (Iowa)

Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Barak Obama held a web-event today, in the new public library in Onawa, Iowa, talking to a small crowd of about 40. It was broadcast on the Internet, with people listening in from "house parties" in each of Iowa's other 98 counties, and --according to Obama-- a total of 5000 locations around the country.

Okay, a sharp, young pol using the web to good effect. What I find blog-worthy (we used to say "note worthy") is I'm reading this on O. Kay Henderson's blog. And she has provided what appears to be a virtual (no pun) verbatim transcription of the event.

Now, I'm wondering... does this story, in this detail, exist anywhere else online? [Not as of 8:00 p.m. Central]

When Kay and I (and others) started Radio Iowa in 1987, she could not have done this story in this way. Oh, she could have written it and recorded the audio and put it up on the Radio Iowa satellite channel but no station would have given up the airtime for this kind of political deep-dive.

I just think that's... revolutionary. We (the people) are well-served by this technology. While Kay happens to work work for a radio network, she could have covered this story in exactly the same manner without any connection to MSM.

Whatever your politics, read Kay's post.