Did the DNC Just Miss a Golden Opportunity?

This week, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched a new website called McCainpedia to amass and distribute information for its campaign against Senator John McCain. The site is likely to find a measure of success in providing material about McCain's record to sympathetic bloggers and to journalists looking for what is literally the "party line." It misses out, however, on what we regard as a historic chance to achieve a greater impact by engaging the public in what has too long been an elite pursuit.