AP: Politicians Blogging, Podcasting, Videoblogging

The Associated Press today (story moved 12:39 p.m. ET) looked how politicians are using New Media – blogs, podcasting and videoblogging – to deliver their message and develop relationships:

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist responds on a weekly basis to questions on his blog.  He also is among several politicians who have recorded podcasts, self-made audio or video broadcasts that can be downloaded from the Internet to a computer or portable gadget.

John Edwards, the 2004 vice presidential nominee and a White House hopeful in 2008, recently showed off a newly designed Web site that features a reality television show that tracks Edwards, up close and personal, as he goes around the country.

Edwards has favored video blogs, in which individuals submit questions to his site via video and he responds in the same format.

Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, a Democrat who is considering a presidential run, recently added a professional blogger to his staff. Warner likes to use video podcasts.