Beyond ‘Macaque’: Paid bloggers stoke the VA Senate race

Steve Safran September 17th, 2006

When Sen. George Allen (R- VA) didn’t get support from conservative bloggers for his “macaque” remark (and can you blame them?) he decided to hire a blogger of his own. His opponent, Democrat Jim Webb has his own paid bloggers (PBs?). The Washington Post looks at whether bloggers are dancing the line of campaign finance laws, and how they are poised to have more influence than ever in the elections.