French Politics Goes To The Blogs

The next president of France may owe the blogosphere a debt of gratitude after toiling in "la toile," the fabric of the Internet. Should a historic wave of voter ballots place Nicolas Sarkozy use the Internet for their campaigns. Reuters Royal previously demonstrated a willingness to empathize with technologists; she met with last June to discuss the concept and importance of free software in society. American politicians who want to attract the attention of their Internet-savvy potential voters should get into the blog act as well. That opinion comes from the tippy-top of the Internet, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who made that pronouncement in November 2006 according to the report. That followed the June 2006 news of Hilary Clinton's Jon Henke to handle "New Media" duties for the GOP in the Senate at the beginning of 2007. Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.