Blogging the Virginia races

The Post has an interesting article up on its website tonight about blogs focusing on the Virginia 2005 campaigns. These blogs function as "influentials" for the Virginia political community. Voters and activists go to them to find out what they should think about the campaigns in their own communities. One candidate, David Englin, credits the blogs with helping him win his primary, but has also been a victim of a smear campaign by one of the local blogs. The campaigns realize that getting the influentials of the blog world on board with their candidate is a key step towards winning the November election.