| As reported by LiberalLucy earlier, a team of Michigan blogger-constituents is working together to track Mike Rogers. Also there are fine muckraking blogs already in place to track Dave Camp, Joe Knollenberg, and Tim Walberg. And Thaddeus McCotter should not rest easy..
This is a good start. But these blogs all need help to keep the original reporting and commentary going. And what about our Reps that are not being tracked?
If you're interested in starting a blog to track your congressional rep, or helping with an existing blog, please reply in the comments. I'd be happy to help folks get together to get some more blogs off the ground (if you use Blogger, it's even free!), or forward your email to the folks running existing blogs.
If you need inspiration, remember: Richard Pombo would never have been defeated in CA this year without Say No To Pombo leading the charge. Mean Jean Schmidt was almost defeated (again) thanks in part to the OH-02 blog. Mike Ferguson was nearly knocked off thanks in part to Dump Mike. Blogs can make a difference.
Note: It's great to track state legislators too, just easier to start with congressional reps. There are less of them, and their districts are much bigger - a lot more likely to include a handful of bloggers already. |
