Tapping the Christian vote in the States

The New York Times covers the influence that the blogger and political journalist David Brody may have on the 2008 Presidential elections.


Brody,who reports for the Christian Broadcast network, regualy attracts 100,000 hits a day and according to the paper

"With the three leading Republican presidential candidates in the early going each confronting his own serious obstacles in winning over evangelical Christians, Mr. Brody occupies a position of influence in the 2008 presidential campaign as a gatekeeper to a crucial constituency."

And the blog

has become required reading for political insiders, and is frequently cited by mainstream news organizations and bloggers on both ends of the political spectrum. With its blend of reporting, jokey commentary and savvy explanations of the concerns of evangelical voters, it now draws almost 100,000 hits a month, more than five times the traffic it was getting just several months ago.