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Matt Drudge rules our world:

Clinton Finds Way to Play Along With Drudge
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: October 22, 2007
New York Times

...the enduring power of the Drudge Report, which mixes original reporting with links to newspaper, Internet or television reports far and wide.

Aides in both parties acknowledge working harder than ever to get favorable coverage for their candidates — or unfavorable coverage of competitors — onto the Drudge Report’s home page, knowing that television producers, radio talk show hosts and newspaper reporters view it as a bulletin board for the latest news and gossip.

Because of the sheer number of people who look at it and because of the attention it gets from the media, what appears on Drudge can, for a few minutes or an entire day, drive what appears elsewhere, making it, “a force in the political news cycle for both the press and the campaigns,” said David Chalian, the political director at ABC News.