D.D. 08/02/05

Anyone who traffics A-list blogs will likely be seeing a lot of Democratic darkhorse US Senate candidate Rosalind Kurita. That's because Kurita has launched an extensive online advertising campaign focused on newspaper websites and big-name blogs. So far I've seen the ads on the Memphis Commerical Appeal's website, instapundit.com, dailykos.com, talkingpointsmemo.com, eschaton, and wonkette.com. How's that for a blog buy? Kurita's ads are fresh, catch your attention (probably because of the stature of Bill Frist), and don't give too much away without following the link, as intended. Featured prominately on Kurita's website where you link from the ad, is a video explaining Kurita's key talking points. This is a masterful Internet campaign and as a trial for Tennessee politicans, I hope it pays off for her so more politicans will be encouraged to take the chance on blogs. When you think of the viceral hatred of much of the left right now and their desire to lash out at Frist, I doubt Kurita will have any trouble fundraising this quarter. Update: Rob Huddleston noticed the ads on the Knoxville News-Sentinel website and Sharon Cobb has the ad on her blog, despite not having blogads.