Larry Lessig, one of the top copyright lawyers in the nation (I believe), and a well-known personality in the blogosphere is going on vacation next week, and his replacement “guest blogger” is going to be none other than Howard Dean!

This is, I believe, the first time a presidential candidate has been a guest blogger. But it is an obvious extension of blogs and the process of becoming President. Campaigns are all about meeting different groups and talking about ideas. Where better than a blog?

It’ll be very interesting to see how this works out, and how much will be coming straight from Howard Dean, and how much will be coming from the Dean campaign. Either way, it’s a fascinating step for a presidential campaign to take.

7/13 Update: Just found this on Blog for America:

To protect against any confusion about whether Governor Dean himself is writing the blog entries, he will crosspost everything that he posts on Lessig’s blog on this blog.

Looks like that should clear up any Dean/campaign staffer confusion — nicely done!

(via Escapable Logic, Jackie, Jeremy, cedar, Heiko, and Ken — okay, so I was one of the last to know…)

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