Here's The Swamp, an interesting meld of blogging and big media. It's run by the Chicago Tribune's Washington bureau:
The Swamp is at the very least a triple entendre. The nation's capital was created partly on what was a swamp. Some congressional press availabilities occur at a location on the Capitol grounds known as the Senate Swamp and Washington can often seem a morass of partisan politics, political intrigue and complex legislation and policy. Our goal is to cut a path for our readers through the Swamp.
