HW#2. I am responding to the 12 Key ideas of David Kline and Dan Burstein.

There is an enormousinfluence that bloggers are beggining to have upon the american political scene. The impact begins with an examination of how its reshaped the way in which americans get their political news and discuss the contraversies of the day. In November, 2004 there were a reported 33 million readers of blogs that had to do with polotics. This could have effects on the character of our democracy. Bloggers offer their readers not only political attitude, but political scoops as well. Political blogs often serve as effective opinion research tools that helped the various candidates test our ideas and campaign slogans. The real influence of political bloggers come from their ability to reach the right people. Political bloggers may have overtime prove capable of mobilizing large enough sectors of the voting public unsatisfied with the limited choice offered by the two main political parties. "Blogs are fun," says Ezra Klein on his own blog.