Edwards Learns Blogs Can Cut 2 Ways

New York Times by John M. Broder | Feb. 9, 2007 (Special Report)

John Edwards learned the hard way this week of the perils of grafting the raucous culture of the Internet to the decidedly staider world of a presidential campaign.

Mr. Edwards announced on Thursday, after 36 hours of deliberation, that he would keep on his campaign staff two liberal feminist bloggers with long cybertrails of incendiary comments on sex, religion and politics. Full Story »

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 by Aldon Hynes - Oct. 1, 2008

The issues of sex, religion, politics and blogs are bound to be inflammatory. This article explores the latest conflict with great background and even handedness. Full disclosure: As a paid political blogger who has been talking with the Edwards campaign, I am very close to people involved with this story.

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