DISQUS

really? there is no "new" bacon. there are only things which do not suck as much as all the other things that are not bacon. but make a nutella and bacon sandwich and tell me the salty/sweet combo isn't de-friggin-licious.

eh, crap editing. ignore that last line.

I think RSS is a fantastic way to make sure you can keep track of a broad range of local issues, in addition to the presidential race and general 'campaigning strategies.'

If you're not currently reading any local political blogs, you should. Easy way to get local stories and local perspective on the national race dropped right into your reader. BlogPAC (http://www.blogpac.com/) has a large list of State specific blogs.

You can also check larger national sites like Kos, MyDD, and Swing State Project for their blog rolls and top contributors. Many stories on sites like that will have local links in them or complete crossposts that the locals had on their blogs and copied over to the national blogs.

You can also likely find

super schweet.