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Mon 10 Oct 2006Political blogging like 'canvassing in a bar'Political blogging is "like canvassing in a bar", Green Party TD Ciarán Cuffe told a conference on Saturday. "Compared to knocking on doors, there's a stronger emotional response and you're more free to express yourself," he said.Mr Cuffe was speaking at Blogging the Election, a conference organised by the group-blog Irish Election and held at the Digital Hub, Dublin.