Maureen Groppe, writing for Gannett News Service, has a story entitled “Bloggers push Bayh for President: Senator’s following tries to create wave.”
It has this over the top quote from one blogger, a 55 year old part time school instructor in Southern California:
“I’ll never forget his strong, steel-eyed look in his eyes. Nothing
weak there,” Earl gushed in one of three online columns he posted about
the evening. “I saw the look of a president.”
The article comes back to earth with what I think is an accurate assessment:
“I don’t think bloggers are going to pick the next president,” said
David Perlmutter, a University of Kansas mass communications professor
who is writing a book on political Web logs, or blogs. But, he said,
blogs can help candidates by creating excitement for them or serving as
an “early warning system” for what’s playing well and what’s not.
A Hoosier blogger gets a mention: Confessions of a Hoosier Democrat which, upon brief review, appears to be all-Bayh, all the time (I’m sure during certain periods, my blog could have been viewed as all-DST, all the time, so I’ll add it to my RSS feed and keep an eye on it.)
Bill is a fun person to have around. Over the top?? Sometimes, but it’s his enthusiasm that folks enjoy.
:)
I actually envy that trait a bit. I don’t know the last time I gushed about anything, much less a politician.
The Perlmutter quote is something that I’ve said all the time… Bloggers won’t win a candidate the presidency and they won’t lose it, but they can create a buzz one way or the other.
As for being all Bayh… I’d like to think it was a majority of Bayh, yes… but I’m trying to branch out if I have time…