Politics lovers favor to express their views through Political
Blog. Not only politics lovers but Political parties also
take the help of Political Blog for their publicity. Political
Blog first got people’s attention when two insurgent
political candidates in 2003 – Howard Dean and Wesley
Clark – gained political buzz among bloggers, before
the establishment media as candidate took them seriously.
Before 2004 Presidential election, it has been noticed that
political web sites are popping up faster than political leaflets
rolling off the press. Not only that, exit poll speculation
and public’s view on blog plays a great role in election
results. So with the huge rush of political blog before election,
it seems that it turns computer into a political machine.
There are some popular political sites which are fulfilling
political lover’s interest according to their prospect.
Here are some of them:
FREE REPUBLIC – Free Republic site
arranges place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on
the web.
INSTAPUNDIT – This site generally gives
a commentary on politics.
BAGHDAD BURNING – A Blog site, which
talks about war, politics and occupation in Iraq.
DAILY KOS – This site specially analyses
politics and other daily rants on the state of the nation.
Political consultant Markos Moulitsas Zungia runs this site
and according to their report they have weekly traffic of
over 1,000,000.
A question can arise why politicians are taking the help
of blogs; there are some reasons, which are as follows: