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Left-leaning bloggers: Sean-Paul Kelley, The Agonist; John Aravosis, AMERICAblog; Dean Barker, Blue Hampshire; David Kravitz, Blue Mass. Group; Kari Chisholm, Blue Oregon; Brian Leubitz, Calitics; Greg Dworkin, Daily Kos; Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny!; Digby, Hullabaloo; Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns And Money; Steve Soto, The Left Coaster; Barbara O'Brien, The Mahablog; Taylor Marsh; News Hounds; Chris Bowers, Open Left; Tracy Viselli, Reno And Its Discontents; Lee Papa, Rude Pundit; Matt L. Barron, Rural Votes; Susie Madrak, Suburban Guerilla; David NYC, Swing State Project; Maegan Ortiz, VivirLatino

Right-leaning bloggers: Dan McLaughlin, Baseball Crank; J.R. Hoeft, Bearing Drift; Bob Parks, Black And Right; Bookworm, Bookworm Room; D.S. Hube, The Colossus Of Rhodey; Robert Miller, JoshuaPundit; Soren Dayton, The Next Right; Jon Henke, The Next Right; James Joyner, Outside The Beltway; Walter Olson, Overlawyered; Steven Taylor, PoliBlog; John Hawkins, Right Wing News; Rob Port, Say Anything; David Gerstman, Soccer Dad; Martin Solomon, Solomonia; David Kopel, The Volokh Conspiracy