Political Harbingers, Perhaps?
Two names and one issue pop out among political blog discussions today, all of them indicative, perhaps, of what may happen in the upcoming 2006 mid-term elections.
Newly elected Alabama House of Representatives Patricia Todd is among them at No. 3 among today's burstiest people, the first openly gay legislator in Alabama (and "long past due," according to one blogger). Elsewhere, recently defeated Georgia candidate Ralph Reed, former Republican operative and former head of the Chrisitan Coalition and No. 7 among today's most-cited people, is also creating buzz, mostly because of his close ties to indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and what that association might mean for other Republican candidates this fall.
The first veto
President Bush's first-ever veto, of stem-cell research bill (today's No. 2 most-cited blog phrase) that would have opened doors for scientists is also on bloggers' minds, making up six of today's most-cited news stories and piggybacking on other articles hinting at a "growing conservative backlash" against the President on foreign policy and other issues. Dissent? Hmmm....
Posted by Sue MacDonald at July 20, 2006 11:31 AM
