Bloggers' track Wash. governor's race
Bloggers have been obsessively tracking the Washington state governor's race -- the closest in the state's history -- posting dozens of updates as absentee votes have been counted over the past few weeks, swinging the lead back and forth between Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire.
"My audience, they are political junkies," said political activist David Goldstein, who writes a left-leaning blog, HorsesAss.org. "They are the type of person who is going to come back to a political Web site throughout the day. They're kind of like a sports fan."
Others that have been covering the race closely are Sound Politics and conservative blogger Tim Goddard.
The bloggers called the governor's election for Rossi last week, even though with tens of thousands of votes still being counted and the lead swinging back and forth, it was impossible to really know who would win. But the bloggers lucked out and turned out to be right, as tonight Rossi was named the apparent winner, by 261-vote lead -- out of 2.8 million ballots cast. But the results were so close they triggered an automatic recount... so looks like the bloggers will have plenty more to post about in the weeks to come!
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