Two of Maryland’s most prominent blogs stopped publishing last week. We remember both of them today.Free State Politics was a member of the first wave of left-wing political blogs in…
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Maryland conservative bloggers are engaged in frenzied combat even as I write this. Are they battling over why the GOP lost the recent elections? No. Are they differing over how…
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A couple weeks ago, a local politician called me about ten minutes after I mentioned the person’s name in a blog post. The conversation went something like this. Politician X:…
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MPW’s Record Month
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MPW set an all-time internal record for visits in October 2008. But the reasons for this may surprise you.It is true that two of our most popular series, MoCo’s Most…
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By Adam Pagnucco, Eric Luedtke and Dan Reed. Recently, an anonymous blog appeared targeting Montgomery County Council Member Mike Knapp. The sole purpose of this blog was to attack Mr….
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MPW Passes 100,000 Visits
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Yesterday, Maryland Politics Watch surpassed 100,000 visits. To our knowledge, only seven other Maryland blogs – Red Maryland, Inside Charm City, Pillage Idiot, Rethink College Park, Howard County, Baltimore Reporter…
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Ode to the Blogger Spouse
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By Holly Olson. Today, you may have logged on to MPW looking for your daily dose of my husband’s witty rhetoric. (He paid me to say that). Unfortunately (or for…
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Target: Eric Luedtke
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Last month, I called for the revival of the state’s liberal blogosphere. That call has been answered! And the saviors of the online left are… the online right.As I ended…
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The State of Maryland Blogdom, Part Five
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Remember our landmark interview with Senate President Mike Miller last January? I described a weird scene as nine liberal bloggers, some with pony tails, others with earrings and several in…
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The State of Maryland Blogdom, Part Four
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Political blogs in Maryland really began to roll in 2006, an election year. Back then, a lot of blogs sprang up to cover state and local campaigns, especially in Montgomery…