Pelosi reaches out to blogging community

[Kadie]

Pelosi reaches out to blogging community
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
5 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - The day after her swearing-in as the first female House speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) took time to field questions from a few dozen Internet bloggers on a conference call that was off limits to mainstream media.

Last week, Pelosi's aides arranged for bloggers to question two Democratic House leaders on another conference call shortly before President Bush's State of the Union speech.

Pelosi also hired a full-time staff member this month dedicated to blogger outreach, and is making plans to launch a blog of her own. The day she was sworn in, bloggers were given special accommodations at the Capitol — and fed lunch — to cover the event.

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"They've gone from an initial writing blogs off, then moving to skepticism, then moving to, 'OK, maybe we can find a way of working with these guys,'" said John Aravosis, who runs Americablog.com.

"It's a power base and it's influential and it's an opportunity. And you know what? It exists," Aravosis added. "It should only scare you if you're on their bad side."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_on_go_co/pelosi_bloggers_1

[southern_belle]

1. Cool!!!

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