Atrios: "I get far far less of this kind of thing than I imagine Kos does (very little, in fact, which is fine by me), but the best way for candidates to reach out to the netroots now is to begin by reaching out to local bloggers. No matter how much research I do I can't possibly have any decent sense of the 470 odd federal races that will happen in '06. More importantly, local races require local press and as we've seen local press will pay attention to local blogs in these kinds of things.
"The real value of the netroots to campaigns won't really be, for the most part, their ability to raise money. Sure, campaigns are always trying to get donations from anywhere they can and I can certainly understand that. I'm happy to suggest candidates for the Eschaton community to support. But, an email or phone call from a campaign manager isn't going to do squat to encourage me to do that.
"The buzz about campaigns, and the 'infiltrating' into the netroots, is for the most part going to come from the ground up now. Reach out to local bloggers."
Thanks to Ed Cone for the link.
New Politics Institute: "Emergence of the Progressive Blogosphere: A New Force in American Politics"
This is old news but Rutt Bridges is out is out as a candidate for governor. That leaves a very narrow field for the Democratic primary season.
Here's a story from the Rocky Mountain News about the governor's race on the Democratic side now that Bridges is out [August 13, 2005, "Ritter remains Dems' lone candidate"]. From the article, "Key Democrats were scrambling Friday, but none were ready to say whether they'll run for governor in 2006 now that businessman and think tank founder Rutt Bridges has dropped out of the race. Senate President Joan Fitz- Gerald says she's focused on helping pass Referendums C and D in November, but added that it wouldn't be too late after that to consider a run."
Peter Blake has a short rundown on the non-gubernatorial candidates in yesterday's Rocky [August 13, 2005, "Blake: Here's what the noncandidates will likely do - or won't"].
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