Here’s a welcome (and well-done) alternative to the usual sound-bite driven, infantile political coverage you’ll get from the mainstream dino-media and the 24/7 cable news networks.

This here is Republican candidate for president Fred Thompson in a sit-down interview with Pajamas Media. Pajamas Media is just one of a number of a number of “town hall” sites where bloggers from a particular stripe - others include Townhall.com and The Huffington Post - gather to blog under a single banner. As technology advances and enables blogging to become more mainstream, expect more and more offerings of this nature.

If you want to see the future of how people will get their information in the years ahead, check it out. No matter side of the political aisle you occupy, I think you’ll agree it’s a welcome change from most of what you see on TV today.