NJ Gubernatorial Candidate Will Have Blog

While this variety story focuses on Arianna Huffington, the real story may be that for the first time in an important gubernatorial race, a candidate will reportedly have a running blog.

While the story points out the lack of a publicist between a blogger and the public, it's hard to imagine Senator Corzine putting his candidacy at risk by interacting too closely through a forum such as a blog. Yet, if he doesn't, will other Democratic bloggers take him to task for not really blogging?

This should at least be interesting for the politically minded who blog, or read them regularly.

In a move unlikely only because it's taken this long to happen, pundit-about-town Arianna Huffington is extending her hosting largess to the blogosphere.

This month the wannabe California governor is launching a Slate-like Web site where a cast of bigwigs, including Sen. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.), David Geffen David Geffen, Barry Diller, Larry David Larry David, Tom Freston, Ari Emanuel, Jim Wiatt Jim Wiatt Tina Brown and Harold Evans will each have their own blog from which to spout Big Thoughts about politics.

Unlike corporations, the Internet does not provide legions of publicists and spinmeisters to keep the public at bay.

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Comments

[jeff]

That's 'gubernatorial candidate' in Reuters quotes, cuz she's a joke. She thinks she's a populist but can't see how elitist she is. Go away, Arianna

[Dan]

Well, at least she's not a goobernatorial candidate, like from the South, or anything. ; )