HW 17B: Applying Graff Chapter 9 to Zuniga

After reading the two blogs there was one blog in particular that motivated me the most. The blog that would most likely influence the way I would vote in a coming election would be, "Blogging the Presidency" with Markos Moulitsas Zuniga. He states that, "The name of the company is Armstrong Zuniga (armstrongzuniga.com) and Jerome and I do what we call "netroots consulting"- building and leveraging online communities- for political campaigns and interest groups." (Burstein and Kline 44) I really liked this blog opposed to the other blog because its primary focus was on that of the elections and political campaigns. Zuniga states, "It's all very stealthy, you know, because nobody wants to come out and take on the consultancies publicity." (Burstein and Kline 45) I really liked this blog because Zuniga realizes that the topics he is writing about are very controversial and that most people probably will not like the things that he says. However, he is willing to take that chance. His blog is extremely informational and contains a lot of valuable information. Furthemore, many of the political activists go on these sites, especially blogs such as his which is a political blog. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about his blog and then going to the actual site because it gave me a clear overview of everything that he was about and believes in. I also learned a lot about politics and how his blog was a way for other people to stay connected with one another and form opinions about their favorite political leaders.