While I agree Ashdown is taking a risk of flame wars, I commend his effort to open his campaign to the voters... who will be his constituents if he wins. His approach is very much like the delegate model of representation, as opposed to the trustee model. I have written more on this at http://www.drdigipol.com/2005/11/29/this-we-candid ate-is-wiki-good/
While I agree Ashdown is taking a risk of flame wars, I commend his effort to open his campaign to the voters... who will be his constituents if he wins. His approach is very much like the delegate model of representation, as opposed to the trustee model. I have written more on this at http://www.drdigipol.com/2005/11/29/this-we-candid ate-is-wiki-good/