In this article, the author examines the role blogs will play in future campaigns and elections and how bloggers will affect the election of the next commander in chief. A necessary starting point in discussing the role of blogs in the presidential election of 2008 is to consider how similar blogs are, as a new medium or genre or venue, to traditional components of presidential politics. The following themes are covered: (1) blogs as the new "first in the nation" testing ground; (2) bloggers' inability to convince voters from different backgrounds; (3) blogs as fund-raising machines; (4) blog posts as campaign literature; (5) blogs as "meet the candidate" get-togethers; (6) bloggers as political operatives; (7) blogs as campaign rallies; (8) blogs as television ads; and (9) blogs as talk radio. Despite the dangers to candidates in embracing blogging too fully, blogging is now part of our political campaigns, elections, and public affairs debates; although the future is unknown, it will not be unblogged.