The Minneapolis Star Tribune has an interesting story about political advertising on blogs, headlined "Low cost and high impact: Web ads score a political hit." Some political figures in South Dakota get mentioned. Relevant excerpt:
South Dakota has become a hotbed of political blog ads, with two candidates for statewide office launching them. Former Republican Rep. John Thune, who's trying to unseat Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, did a test run on libertarian/conservative InstaPundit.com and is likely to buy more time, said spokesman Dick Wadhams."We got a good response to something that didn't even exist two years ago," he said. "We're wading into what's clearly a new dimension of political campaigning."
Democrat Stephanie Herseth, who's trying to win a special election to replace former Rep. Bill Janklow, is advertising on several liberal blogs.
Since the ads began in early March, the ads have pulled in nearly $2,000 - more than the ads cost, said campaign spokesman Russ Levsen.
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