May 26, 2006

Politician Launches Fresh Attack on Blogs

U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, is an enemy of free speech. Allen is launching a new attack on political bloggers with the renewed threat of regulation under the Stifle Free Speech Act Campaign Finance Reform act even after the Federal Election Commission rightly exempted blogs from regulation under that law. That's just one nugget in a long report on the growing role of blogs in political campaigns, from the Lakeland, Fla., Ledger. More here from the National Journal's Beltway Blogroll and RedState.org.