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n/p Liza and thanks again

Jill — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:10:35 -0500

Let's hope the campaigns are listening.

Oh but wait, there is more

QueenofSpain — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:19:59 -0500

Not only am I an elections editor, I'm the producer of Election '08 and we've been trying for months on end to get the candidates to answer our Voter Manifesto. 8.3 million readers per month, the majority of which are women and not a single candidate has accepted and scheduled a 10-15 min video interview.

BlogHer is a non-partisan site. Editors from their own parties will ask the voter manifesto questions (Morra Aarons-Mele and Mary Katharine Ham) and while we've had contact back and forth with each of Obama and Clinton's campaigns, neither have scheduled us.

We've taken to answering the questions FOR THEM via quotes, links, youtube videos, etc.

8.3 million. 8.3 million many of which are women who blog.

8.3 million engaged readers who show up in our discussions on primary days, during televised debates and who have been told over and over and over again they matter greatly in this election.

8.3 million.

You're right

Liza Sabater — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:31:53 -0500

Erin falls into the category of mommyblogger at BlogHer but there's a whole spectrum of women bloggers in the community. I mean, grack!, I'm a founding advisory board member of the conference. LOL!

So you're right, that's an important distinction about the community. Yet I think it's valid to call her a mommyblogger. I mean, I saw at least 20+ momblog who responded to her thread.

Thanks for pointing that out.

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Jill — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:06:22 -0500

Hi Liza - I posted Erin's letter a very short time after she wrote it - both on my blog here and at The Moderate Voice. It's a great letter - I'm not 100% sure if I agree with the need for Clinton to step aside, but Erin wrote a fantastic letter.

The one point I'd like to add, though, in case Erin didn't already, is that BlogHer is NOT just mommybloggers. I'm a mom and a blogger, but there's hundreds if not thousands of single women who utilize BlogHer and contribute to it. So - it's a community of women, from what I understand is the way the founders typically look at BlogHer. I could be wrong - Erin and Morra would know best. But I just wanted to say that it's not just moms. You may know that too - but I think it's important to say that it's a community of women, and moms are, of course, women too. :)