http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/27/business/blogs.php
Thomas Crampton
""You cannot be elected president of France without a blog," said Benjamin Griveaux, director of Web strategy for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former finance minister who in 2004 was among the first politicians to start a blog. "Blogs have not replaced traditional media, but they are absolutely necessary for every politician." Some even harbor a faint hope that flourishing online discussions might curb the French population's penchant for taking to the streets in protest."
