Dems to Embed Bloggers at DNC Convention

[babylonsister]

Update 2:45 pm: With the additions of Hawaii and Wyoming political blogs, we are not just two away from all 50 states! Utah and Alaska, we are looking at you. (And, for those of you who suggested the Wasatch Watcher for Utah, thanks, but it isn't updated very frequently and is only tangentially about politics.)

ORIGINAL POST

Democrats will embed a single state-based political blogger with each delegation at its national convention later this summer, the latest sign of the courting of the burgeoning blogosphere by both political parties.

"The Internet is the most significant tool for building democracy since the invention of the printing press," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean in a release from the convention committee.

The selection process began in November when the Democratic National Convention Committee began soliciting applications from bloggers for the coveted slots. It ends on April 15 when the picks are made. The selected bloggers will sit with their respective delegations on the floor of the convention and, in theory, offer real-time perspective on the goings-on.

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The full list -- revised and extended -- is after the jump.

more...

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/04/democrats_to_embed_bloggers_at.html

[pinto]

1. Thanks for the post. This will be interesting.

:kick:

[John Q. Citizen]

2. helderheid should apply and blog live to DU for Utah.. She'd be great!

[monmouth]

3. I'd love to read "Rude Pundit" out there also. His commentary would

be a hoot...

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. They don't have a hair on their collective ass...

If they don't get John Cole, the guys at "Sadly, No!" and Thers out to that clambake.