First, the Internet is where young voters live — and by "young," I mean everyone under 40, and quite a few of us above. By and large, young voters aren't listening to talk radio, watching network TV or taking home delivery of the newspaper. Many have no landline phone, and they sure as shooting don't read direct mail. The Internet is where they go to communicate with friends, download music and TV shows, research purchases, read the news (a fact the Statesman recognizes with its increasing online presence) and — yes — learn about political candidates. This will be even truer in 2008. It's no surprise that every major Internet site from YouTube to MySpace is giving politics a prominent spot, holding online debates and hosting candidate videos. LaRocco has pages on both Facebook and MySpace, and his supporters are posting videos on YouTube. Risch likely doesn't have a clue what these things are/Julie Fanselow, Red State Rebels.

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Question: How much attention should Lt. Gov. Jim Risch pay to blogs and the Internet as he seeks to become Idaho's new U.S. senator?

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