Who has the power?

The premis of this SF Post article is interesting, but I'm not sure I completely buy into it.

"The YearlyKos Convention is attracting national notoriety for how bloggers are changing the political and media landscape. But while the spotlight is shining on a few of the 1,400 online pundits convened here who draw more readers than a lot of daily newspapers, the next frontier of political blogging will be led by people like Phillip Anderson.
Even though his blog gets only about 1,000 visitors a day - about one-five-hundredth as many readers as the DailyKos.com blog, the namesake of the conference.
Nevertheless, the mop-haired New Yorker already has the state party chair asking him for help reaching liberal voters. His allure: Local bloggers can influence the outcome of small elections. "

When I joined Savage Republican, that was our focus - state and local issues. We wanted to shine a light on the spendthrift ways of our local government. However, surviving on solely local readership is difficult.

While blogging is fun and cathertic for me, I also write (often) to our local papers and I get out and talk to my neighbors. Reading and writing on blogs is fun, but nothing beats neighbor to neighbor interaction - especially on local issues.