AOL launches expanded elections blog

AOL launches a set of political blogs geared towards the elections this year - isn't it a bit late? Here are some excerpts from their release:

AOL expanded its blogging network today by launching The Stump, a series of AOL News elections blogs focusing on key political races and issues of the 2006 mid-term elections. The Stump will feature a collection of experienced political strategists, educational leaders and local radio personalities that will blog about the news and provide their own political perspective on several mid-term elections.

As a leading provider of interactive election news, AOL News will offer comprehensive multimedia coverage of the mid-term elections, designed to meet the needs of all voters. AOL News features a range of interactive online platforms - polls, message boards, online debates, chats - that let voters express their political views and combines voter resources with breaking news, analysis from a spectrum of world-class political sources. Voters can find out everything they need to vote in the 2006 elections on AOL News about house, senate and governor races from breaking news to poll hours and polling places to a destination where voters can start engaging in the Road to 2008.

You can find their new blog by going to The Stump.