the site that got big initially in the 90's with the berlinski affair and was able to maintain its position. that is certainly true in the whole now and in 2001 there were popular blogs into the center, 2,000 for there was a couple new blogs but it's striking that we have almost no political blogs in the 2008 cycle, and the example of this different model. the biggest name among us would be what really started as a diary under the coast of the left-leaning political group blog, and it's -- as need said there is the community he is able to spin this off and do his own thing. now of course he is blogging for "the new york times," so what we have seen it is the institutional lusatian of blogging over the past couple decades, not decades but years. >> 15 or 20 years since the internet has become widespread use. has it increased arnall legend has it contributed to our democracy? >> the answer is actually a tricky. on average, the media said is and doesn't know more what is changed is what citizens know. is there is a group of people better news junkies who is more about politics than the most po