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March 23, 2006BELTWAY BLOGROLL
CapitolLink: Sen. Santorum's Blog List
Right Wing News posted the blog reading lists of several Republican lawmakers a couple of weeks ago, and that entry inspired me to open Beltway Blogroll for the lists of other lawmakers.
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., was the first to respond. According to the list provided by Santorum's campaign staff, he reads a baker's dozen of blogs on a regular basis -- four Pennsylvania political blogs and nine national blogs. The senator "also reads aggregated posts that mention him, the issues he's working on, his Senate race, etc.," said Mindy Finn, his director of new media and political technology.
Santorum's national list reads mostly like a who's who of the conservative blogosphere, with one noteworthy exception: Eschaton. But that liberal blog is authored by Philadelphia-based writer Duncan Black, who writes under the pen name Atrios, and has a huge following, so it makes sense for Santorum to be reading it regularly.
The other blogs on Santorum's list are:
-- Capitol Report
-- The Corner
-- GrassrootsPA
-- Pajamas Media
-- PennPatriot Online
-- PolitcsPA (not a blog in my book, but it's on the list)
-- Power Line
-- RealClearPolitics
-- RedState
-- Right Wing News
-- And Santorum Blog (an unoffical, pro-Santorum blog)
I'd love to see the blog reading lists of more members of Congress. I want the lists of blogs read regularly by the lawmakers themselves, but I'd like to hear about the presumably broader lists read by congressional and campaign staffers, too. Send your lists to dglover@nationaljournal.com, and I'll post them as I get them.
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Comments
Would be great if you could get more lists and work them into a searchable feature. Would certainly be interesting to do cross-references, etc!
Peter | 03.23.06 11:55 PM
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Yeah, I'm sure a close personal assistant secretary of his reads the blogs and prints them up for him.
huxley | 03.26.06 01:52 PM
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