Hillary Hires Blogger

The Fix reports that Hillary Clinton is stepping up her efforts to reach out to the liberal bloggosphere:

She has hired Peter Daou, author of the Daou Report (a blog on Salon.com) and the director of blog operations for the 2004 presidential campaign of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. Daou will join Clinton's senate race fundraising committee, "Friends of Hillary."

In a post announcing his new job, Dauo said that "as a true believer in the importance of [blogs], I'm thrilled about Senator Clinton's interest in building this bridge with the online community and I intend to do everything I can to make it as productive as possible." As a "blog advisor" to Clinton, Daou will seek "to facilitate and expand her relationships with the netroots," he said.

Frankly, I think this is a good move. She was recently booed by liberals at a conference because of her stance on Iraq. This problem wasn't going to go away, so she figured she might as well co-opt them. Hillary's strategy: If you can't beat 'em -- buy 'em!