Laura Clawson

Funny how a new meme can start to take hold during the political season, especially during the slow news days when hardly anyone is paying attention.

Case in point: this week's roll-out of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center's Granite State Poll, run by my colleague Andrew Smith.

On Tuesday, Blue Hampshire managing editor Laura Clawson decided to issue a pre-emptive "warning" about the poll, complaining about what she called the survey's "sampling problems."

One of BlueHampshire.com's three managing editors is leaving his position after getting a promotion at his day job.

In post on the website last night, one of the remaining two managing editors, Dean Barker, made the announcement.

Using an open format that allows almost anyone to post comments, the website Blue Hampshire has become a daily read for Granite State Democrats.

Founded in November 2006 by bloggers Mike Caulfield, Laura Clawson and Dean Barker the site now has 1,300 registered users and receives almost 5,000 page views per day.

New Hampshire U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) raised over $1 million for his re-election campaign last year, a progressive in-state blog reports.

BlueHampshire.com cites the number in a post this morning. It might be the first time a blog of this nature has scooped the traditional press in releasing fund-raising data.

Hodes has yet to file his campaign finance report with the Federal Election Commission.