From Jill Miller Zimon’s blog:
I asked (on air): “The Ohio Democratic Party hired an online communications director, newly elected State Treasurer Rich Cordray specifically thanked bloggers - what influence if any do you believe blogs had on Ohio’s races and what do you anticipate Internet communications to play in 2008?”
They said: (paraphrased; listen for exact quote)
Cohen: “The blogs impact is increasingly greater. Their assistance with GOTV will only increase.”
Naymik: Blogs are great aggregators of information for campaigns. They help activitists motivate. All campagins are hiring them (bloggers) because you can move the chatter and then the media follows. It’s very much a part of the race. Great tool.
Moulthrop: Meet the Bloggers forum interviews influencers. “I myself have referred to many of those interivews online.”
Hershey: The first thing I do each morning is I go to PD’s Open page and the local blogs. Bloggers are up on everything. They don’t leave a rock unturned.
Not sure who said this: Here in NEO and across the state, blogs are a great source of energy though a still recent phenomenon. There was blogging on the Republican and conservative side - but “the Democratic bloggers and progressives outblogged them.”