Influence of weblogs on political campaign?
An Associated Press article discusses how weblogs may contribute to, comment on and impact politicial campaigns. While some weblogs are oriented around a specific candidate, some provide journalistic commentary, such as Josh Marshall’s Talking Points Memo; “blogs let [Marshall] mix news, opinion and personal observations with no meddling from an editor.” Further, the article mentions how blogs synthesize and digest information from mulitple disparate sources. Some take a jaundiced view of political weblogs, however; a GOP operative described bloggers as “armchair analysts in their bathrobes (with) no serious interest in leaving their living rooms to actually help the campaigns.”