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Web Sites on State and Local Politics Gaining Prominence

By John McArdle
Roll Call Staff
May 12, 2005, Midnight

One of the most important, and possibly most enduring, stories to come out of the 2004 election was how the Internet’s Web log community, affectionately known as the “blogosphere,” became the hip new battlefield upon which the war of public opinion was waged.

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