Tom Curry at MSNBC marvels at the new political power wielded by "bloggers"--people who possess the magic ability to conjure words from computer keyboards. Curry revisits the unexpectedly strong run that Gulf War vet Paul Hackett mounted in the recent Ohio contest to replace Bush trade representative Rob Portman in Portman's heavily Republican district. Bloggers such as Bob Brigham of Swingstateproject.com--whose avowed mission is to recruit Democratic candidates to run for all 435 House seats in 2006--managed to gin up enough interest in Hackett's campaign to get him within 4,000 votes of knocking off GOP favorite Jean Schmidt. This leads Curry to speculate:
The Revolution Really May Not Be Blogged So Much
The Revolution Really May Not Be Blogged So…
The Revolution Really May Not Be Blogged So Much
Tom Curry at MSNBC marvels at the new political power wielded by "bloggers"--people who possess the magic ability to conjure words from computer keyboards. Curry revisits the unexpectedly strong run that Gulf War vet Paul Hackett mounted in the recent Ohio contest to replace Bush trade representative Rob Portman in Portman's heavily Republican district. Bloggers such as Bob Brigham of Swingstateproject.com--whose avowed mission is to recruit Democratic candidates to run for all 435 House seats in 2006--managed to gin up enough interest in Hackett's campaign to get him within 4,000 votes of knocking off GOP favorite Jean Schmidt. This leads Curry to speculate: