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Wanna Run For President? Get Thee To The Blogs

Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson isn't a presidential candidate yet, but the current actor on the "Law & Order" television series took one of the first steps toward that end this week: He posted a guest blog entry.

In the information age, presidential candidates have to pay their dues in the blogosphere just like they do on radio talk shows, daytime and late-night television, and every other forum where they can reach potential voters. Some do it by holding conference calls with bloggers and others by guest-blogging at popular sites.

So as Thompson ponders his entry into the race for the Republican nomination, it made sense for him to get online early. His venue of choice was RedState. His topic: Iran's ability to "kidnap British citizens, subject them to brutal psychological tactics to coerce phony confessions, finagle the release of a high-ranking Iranian terror coordinator in Iraq, utterly trash the Geneva conventions and suffer absolutely no consequences."

And his was no drive-by, feel-good entry, either. He tackled a heady, hot topic in a lengthy essay. The piece read more like an op-ed than a blog post -- and he won kudos for it.

The Hotline's Blogometer observed, "now that Thompson is blogging at RedState, we're convinced he's running," and also offered a roundup of reactions to his post.

Posted by Danny | 03:56 PM

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