The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived

Herald Tribune
AMANDA M. FAIRBANKS
8/24/2008

WHEN Pam Spaulding heard from two contributors to her blog, Pam's
House Blend, that they couldn't afford to attend the Democratic
National Convention, she knew that historic times called for creative
measures.

Getting convention credentials for her blog, a news site for the gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, was the easy part. As air
fare, lodging and incidentals began piling up, paying for the trip to
Denver became the bigger obstacle.