Don't cast off Texas so easily. One of three states where minorities form a majority of the population. Sure 23% thought Obama was a Muslim, but despite that he still performed well in Texas. It is a state which can turn blue.
Done, changed. It now mentions scripting news and links to the wikipedia page "Dave Winer." (Which I did look at, but I wouldn't if I were you either. Although on the "Dave Winer" page it does give you far more credit than the "blog" page, mentioning UserLand, weblogs, and RSS.) But yes, this is a good example of how/why blogs are useful/important.