I have often wondered, that if a candidate was popular enough, why would he or she feel the need to have paid bloggers on their staff?  I mean, the netroots is full of bloggers who would happily support their candidate of choice in a heart beat.....no compensation necessary.  For example:  look at all of us.  Many of us have been blogging, hither & yon on the internet(s), since the Draft Clark days.  There is nothing we wouldn't do to increase the profile of our candidate in whichever forum happens to offer us a comment box to do it in.  And we have one of the most outsta