WASHINGTON -- A week after the Federal Election Commission proposed rules on how the internet should be covered by campaign-finance laws, one thing seems clear: The growing ranks of political bloggers are watching developments closely.
"The real question is where do we go from here," said Mike Krempasky, co-founder of conservative blog RedState.org. "There's not a real understanding of how politics and the internet works at the Federal Election Commission."
Krempasky made those comments Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, where a panel of experts gathered to discuss whether political bloggers deserve FEC oversight in light of their often cushy relationships with political campaigns and groups already regulated by the agency.
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The question now is what exactly constitutes paid advertising on the web. Is a blog or website that supports a candidate actually an ad? What if the blogger takes money from the campaign? What if the blogger is soliciting contributions?
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