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From Wired blog network: Anger Simmers, As Some Democratic State Bloggers' Access To the National Convention Floor Limited

This is a revealing article about who gets credentials from the DNC to blog their convention. The big Dem bloggers who have raised mucho $$$ but nevertheless didn't get the official nod complain that the DNC is supporting "people who are coming in with influence and access," rather than "independent bootstrapped bloggers"...

Call me crazy, but isn't that the whole point? -NH

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• DNC puts Florida party in receivership (NY Daily News)
• New York for President (Buffalo News)
• Deciding between a headache and upset stomach (South of Boston Enterprise)
• Partisan gridlock and Bloomberg and Hagel (By David S. Broder-Washington Post)
• The Anti-Hillary Campaign (Chicago Tribune)
• Favorite son of the South-Edwards or Obama? (GoUpState.com)
• Obama And The Black Vote (Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic)