The Speaker Takes Up a New Gig: Blogger

• By Ben Pershing
• Roll Call Staff
• Oct. 24, 2005, Midnight

Apparently, the Internet revolution’s reach is unstoppable. Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) — a man who’s bragged that he doesn’t carry a mobile phone or “one of those pagers ... blueberries, BlackBerrys, whatever they are” — will soon be entering the blogosphere.