iLind.net gets DNC access with 54 other bloggers
May 15th, 2008 by KimTraditional reporters won’t be the only ones writing news and updates from the Democratic National Convention in August. As part of the State Bloggers Corps announced yesterday by the Democratic Party, 55 bloggers will receive “unparalleled access” to state delegations and the floor of the Convention hall, and will be seated with their respective delegations during the four-day convention in Denver.
Ian Lind, of iLind.net, was selected from Hawaii to blog from the convention. Lind’s blog, written from his home in Kaaawa, is something of a go-to site for politically-minded people in Hawaii for state and local politics, media news, commentary and some pretty excellent photos of friendly felines and canines. Congrats to him.
More than 400 bloggers applied. The selected bloggers represent every state, as well as D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and one blogger who represents Democrats abroad. Some are professional efforts, some are blogs written by individuals. From USA Today:
Convention spokeswoman Natalie Wyeth said the criteria used to select the blogs included how politically active they were and Web traffic. For example, the blogs needed to be at least six months old, and have had a minimum of 120 politically-related posts. The blogs also submitted daily audience number from Technorati, a website tracking service.
Here’s the full list of bloggers by state, from the DNC’s own blog. I’m excited for August.
Tags: 2008 DNC, 2008 presidential election, blogs and new media
May 15th, 2008 at 10:50 am
what’s there to be excited about? right now, the bloggers from michigan and florida won’t have anything to report on. the party is in turmoil because of the heated race and negative campaigning between obama and clinton. clinton’s going to drag this out throught the summer and in the meanwhile the republicans are reloading for 4 more years. mrs. mccain is taking curtain measurements for the oval office over the weekend, while her husband gets fitted for a new suit for the inauguration in january.
May 15th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
@ just an opinion - I don’t think thats how its going to pan out. No matter what - I think its a pretty sure bet that the next president will not be a republican. No way anyone wants four (more) years of McSame. Not to mention - his wife will become a real issue - between her untold millions of non-work (at least not her work) related income and the fact that she is just plain icy-cold-scary looking, the public will not be able to relate to or embrace her. Besides, its time for some young blood: http://www.thingsyoungerthanmccain.com/
We need a fresh new start after the many years of rape we’ve just endured by the republicans. I think August WILL be exciting!
May 16th, 2008 at 8:22 am
we’ll see. it may be more of your wishful thinking more than anything else. none of the polls that have either obama or clinton against mccain have them coming out ahead at this point. whichever one carries the dem. nomination is going to have a lot of baggage t explain going into november. as for the mrs. mcain’s looks, i think most voters that take the time out to head to a polling site won’t base it on a significant other’s looks. mrs. clinton isn’t the best thing to wake up to in the morning exactly.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
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I think that its a pretty sure bet that the next president will not be a republican. No mention of intra-party infighting started by a conservative faction critical of the more moderate party leadership. No mention of the dwindling number of GOP members in the legislature.
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