I have a regional blog and I have been following and rooting for a challenger to our local Republican State Senator.

I asked him if he would be interested in answering some questions and kind of introduce himself to our blog readers. He was pretty good. Confident answers.

The reaction and the very fact that this guy has "air time" at all has scared the incumbent. Since the local papers aren't covering this race blogs provide a way for voters to meet the candidates for office.

The incumbent would prefer it, I'm sure, if youtubeing of politicians didn't exist because used this way(video blogging) it gives his opponent some "face time" with voters too busy to go to an event on their own.

All that is required now is some curiousity on the part of the electorate and they can see for themselves all the local,state, and federal candidates for office they want.

All it takes is a click of the mouse and a web address.