Web 2.0 has extended further into the political arena. X-treme (read "progressive") political bloggers Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan were just following Anna Nicole Smith's mantra as described by Smith's mother -- any press, good or bad, helps me make money.
In this case the publicity has not helped John Edwards campaign, and he's called off the partnership just as it was gaining some momentum. As vicious, off-color humor becomes more common on the web, the line of acceptability is shifting (Marcotte holds she has been "censored" for being a woman, pro-choice, anti-religious, etc.), but it still hasn't become a free-for-all.
Some x-treme blogging or a feisty video interview could be good for Hillary in a youtube strike against Barack Obama. But John, we hardly knew ye.
