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January 31, 2006BELTWAY BLOGROLL
Blogging The State Of The Union
By the time President Bush gives his State of the Union address a few hours from now, much of it will be old news thanks to the Internet.
Today has been marked by an abundance of pre-speech blogging, and it will be followed tonight by live-blogging and post-speech blogging. Beltway Blogroll is the place to get your nonpartisan SOTU primer, so here goes:
-- RedState was the first to post excerpts of Bush's speech sent via e-mail by the Republican National Committee. The excerpts touch on terrorism, U.S. competitiveness, energy and health care.
-- The Huffington Post dedicated much of its content today to Bush's forthcoming speech. Arianna Huffington told America what to expect in two posts, one of which she dubbed the "Big Lie Alert." Democratic Reps. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Bernie Sanders of Vermont were among the other contributors who posted pre-speech commentary at Huffington's group blog.
-- Pollsters Mark Blumenthal and John Zogby shared their insights.
-- Open Source encouraged its audience to participate in a "Blogs of the Union" event, and Matt Stoller of MyDD was among those who did.
-- Some bloggers, including Pat Cleary of the Manufacturers' Blog, are on Capitol Hill as I write to talk to lawmakers both before and after the event as part of the latest "blog row" hosted by House Republicans. Cleary and his "blogger's apprentice" already have filed feeds based on comments from several lawmakers.
-- Not to be outdone, The Stakeholder, the blog of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, will live-blog the speech and post responses from a few House lawmakers afterward. Some of the lawmakers also have agreed to take questions online. Rep. John Conyers of Michigan announced at ConyersBlog that he will participate.
-- Andrew Sullivan and Ed Morrissey of Captain's Quarters also will live-blog the event. Sullivan will do his duty at CNN during the Anderson Cooper show -- though I'm not sure why considering the show has its own blog. On the left, the meaty editorial offerings planned by Think Progress also include live-blogging.
-- On the other hand, the thought of live-blogging certainly doesn't sound like it would appeal to Joshua Micah Marshall of Talking Points Memo. He admitted that he can't bear the thought of watching the speech live. "Now, I read the transcript later. I'll often go back and watch key sections so I can get the flavor of a particular passage in the speech or of a debate it has spawned. But the thing itself (watching the actual production in real time) and then the imbecile chatter afterwards -- I just can't deal. I just find it unbearable. Are there others out there like me?"
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