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« Blogger: Can You Spare A Dime? | Main | Wheel Tax Spin » February 25, 2005The Campaign Will Be BloggedMemphis Mike files a lengthy report on an appearance by U.S. Senate candidate Ed Bryant. Mike has compliments and criticisms - criticisms that will go unanswered and compliments that will go unamplified by the Bryant campaign because they don't have a blog and haven't yet hired a consultant to help them build a network of "Blogs for Bryant." Patrick Ruffini's Congressional Blogging: A Guide is a must-read for current congress-critters and for candidates for congressional and senate seats. When Ruffini - he's the guy who ran the Bush campaign's blog - says congresspeople ought to be blogging because it is a way to get their message out unfiltered by the media, and to engage the people directly, it is advice that is applicable to candidates as well. If I was running for city council or the school board I'd have a blog at a simple URL and plaster that web address everywhere. Comments
I, AlphaPatriot and Fishkite all talked with Bryant about blogs, briefly. He said he knows what they are and that he's heard of you. We stressed your offer to host a campaign blog. His major concern was whether it would be paid or volunteer, in the larger campaign ethics sense. I'd say follow up with him. Talk about small world, I ran into a friend of Adam Groves and we talked Tennessee and Republican politics for hours after the Bryant talk. Great guy. And a blog reader. Posted by: mike hollihan at February 25, 2005 3:16 PMPost a comment
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