Howard Dean is guest-blogging this week at Stanford prof Larry Lessig’s online home. Why someone who recently leapt into the ‘top tier’ of Democratic presidential hopefuls is spending time blogging for a small readership (albeit influential) blog is beyond me. Perhaps, a la Al Gore, he’s trying to develop even greater street cred with the geek set.

Besides, Dean already has a mind-bendingly dull official ’BlogForAmerica’ on which you can find gems such as:

As much as I love to celebrate our growing numbers, one of the numbers I don’t like thinking about too much is the 3,516 emails in my inbox. For those of you who have written, I apologize for not getting back to you, but please know that I am reading your ideas and your stories, and we’re all inspired by them.

Do we really need more of this kind of stuff?