You know, Montana legislative Republicans deserve a lot of credit for putting together a content rich blog to step into the new media era of political communication.  What’s next Montana?  Tweets from the floor of the House and Senate?  From The Billings Gazette:

“I’ve been pleasantly surprised and impressed with how many people visit our site,” said Sen. Jim Peterson, R-Buffalo. “The average stay on the site right now is about five minutes, which is very impressive.”

Peterson, the Senate majority leader, said the blog was necessary to reach younger voters who increasingly turn to the Internet for information and to communicate. His children, both in their 30s, were pretty insistent that Republicans needed to get with the times or face being left behind.

In the not too distant past, GOP politicians from Montana were being outplayed by Democrats armed with video cameras who followed Republicans around, waiting for a juicy faux pas to post on YouTube.com, which hosts myriad videos created by users.

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