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Popular blogs for political junkies
30/09/2004 14:04 - (SA)
Washington - A sample of some of the blogs that have become required reading for many followers of the 2004 US presidential election:
Campaign Journal by Ryan Lizza
www.tnr.com
Lizza, White House correspondent for the left-of-centre New Republic magazine, provides opinion and news from the campaign trail.
The Daily Dish
www.andrewsullivan.com
Conservative political commentator and gay rights advocate Andrew Sullivan started his popular blog in 2000 and has had hundreds of thousands of visitors to his site.
Talking Points Memo
www.talkingpointsmemo.com
Liberal writer Joshua Micah Marshall is a veteran observer of Washington politics, and a writer for the Washington Monthly magazine.
David Frum's Diary
www.nationalreview.com
A conservative National Review magazine blog by a former George W Bush speech writer. Frum is also a resident fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute in Washington.
Wonkette
www.wonkette.com
Wonkette offers an irreverent look at the Washington political scene, with a liberal sprinkling of profanity and sexual references, by blogger Ana Marie Cox.
Instapundit
www.instapundit.com
Heavy on hyperlinks and a fair amount of commentary, Instapundit provides endless references to sources around the internet. Maintained by blogger Glen Reynolds, a University of Tennessee law professor.
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