Blogging a force in modern politics

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/05/bloggers/index.html

I think it's incredible... a guy without a chance came close to winning a race, simply because a bunch of bloggers knew about him and supported him. Yeah, he was a Democrat (as opposed to God's chosen people) but it's still proving the viability of the concept.

The Libertarians have been doing this for years, even before blogs existed. Whenever a Libertarian candidate somewhere in the country had a chance of winning, Libertarian donors from all over would be contacted and asked to donate. It enhanced what little political power we had, and has won us a few races. Now that blogs are commonplace, the party's starting to take advantage of them more often, and my very own Libertarian Reform Caucus is beginning to organize on those principles, supporting moderate Libertarians both in real world elections and in intra-party elections in order to wrest control from the absolutists.