I read recently where another politician has engaged a blog as a campaign tool. As the 2006 elections get closer, we are going to see more and more of the politicians and their advisors jumping on the blog bandwagon or as I preach, “drinking the blog Kool-Aid”. As these candidates start to get up to speed with the blogs, you will begin to see groups of republican bloggers and democrat bloggers, all banding together for what I’m predicting will be a Blog War 2006. Consultants and designers will be on full tilt demand as each side vies for the lead position in the Blog War. Battles will be won or lost on the best talent of blogger, and the best of the PR people helping spin posts and respond to comments. Those with the most readers will get the best publicity, and the one with the most links will win at the polling places. As go the blogs so do the candidates. We already saw what the 2004 elections did with the power of blogs. That power will now be harnessed into a single focus and that will be to elect someone to an office. Albeit only a single tool, it may prove to be the most powerful tool in the hands of the proper team.
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