This seems to be what a lot of so-called "Fred Heads" have been waiting for. Fred's latest web ad mashes up his role in the Hunt for Red October with his presidential run. I'll reserve my thoughts for the comment thread; I'm eager to hear what others think.

Today’s Conservative Bloggers Briefing, hosted by Robert Bluey @ Heritage featured Robert Novak and Republican Leader John Boehner. Novak came by to talk about his new book, The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington, and Congressman Boehner talked primarily about earmark reform.

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Justin Hart is still saying the blogosphere is not all it's cracked up to be in terms of reaching voters. But again I have to channel Soren on this: that's a straw man. No one is saying that the average voter is reading blogs. At best, online is their primary news source -- but it's still the early adopters (maybe the top 1-2 million of the primary electorate) who check blogs even occasionally.

It bears repeating: No one is saying you should do the Internet at the expense of events and retail campaigning. Nothing beats the personal touch. What I am saying is: Try moving 10% of your media budget to the Internet. If you're at saturation, that extra 10% won't matter. And if you're going to make tradeoffs, move from impersonal broadcast communications to personalized, targeted communications.