August 26, 2005

Kurita Launches More Blog Ads

On the same day that U.S. Rep. Harold Ford lashed out at "right wing attack blogs" after they discussed his recent gaffe involving a letter that seemed to encourage the parole board to set a murderer free, his rival for the Democratic nomination to replace Bill Frist in the U.S. Senate showed again that she is far more savvy about the blogosphere than he is.

State Sen. Rosalind Kurita launched a second wave of Internet ads Thursday, placing them both in Tennessee and nationally. The ads focus on Tennessee's historic role in the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted
women the right to vote, and urges voters to help make her the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee.

Kurita's current ads can be seen at such national websites as www.talkingpointsmemo.com and www.rawstory.com as well as on Tennessee newspaper websites.

Kurita has been recognized as the first Tennessee candidate to advertise nationally on the Internet. Campaign officials say the ads resulted in campaign contributions from 22 states.

On Monday, Kurita will become the first Tennessee candidate to grant an interview to bloggers by attending the first monthly Nashville Area Political Bloggers Lunch, an invitation-only on-the-record event involving a bi-partisan group of bloggers.

Former U.S. Rep. Ed Bryant, a candidate for the Republican nomination to replace Frist in the Senate, will be the guest on the grill at the September Bloggers Lunch. If you would like to be invited, please drop me an email at bill-at-billhobbs.com.