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CapitolLink: Sen. Obama Is Blogging, Too

A Beltway Blogroll reader just alerted me to the fact that Sen. Barack Obama is blogging. In fact, the Illinois Democrat has had a blog on his Senate site since early April, so I'm a bit behind the curve on adding it to the blogroll.

The move is not surprising, considering how popular the freshman Obama is in the Democratic blogosphere. Along with now-Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, Obama spoke at a breakfast for credentialed bloggers at last year's Democratic National Convention.

One important change has occurred since then: Obama writes the entries for his congressional site. He took some heat from the bloggers at the convention when he praised blogging but confessed that aides were responsible for the content on his campaign blog.

Obama is not exactly a prolific blogger, having posted only 11 entries since April. But he has shown far more initiative in using technology to connect with his constituents than most of his colleagues. That initiative includes podcasting -- and he has been a bit more consistent in offering those digital audio downloads.

Obama's first podcast, about the response to Hurricane Katrina, went online Sept. 8, and he has offered three others since then. The topics have included the hurricane, energy policy, poverty, voting regulations and the nomination of Judge John Roberts to be the Supreme Court's chief justice. (Obama was one of 22 Democrats who voted against Roberts today, but the judge was confirmed on a 78-22 vote.)

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