KOTA reporter Rachel Embler, ABC's KOTA Territory News in Rapid City, S.D., discusses with South Dakota bloggers how the Internet is playing a growing role in reaching voters, especially of the youthy persuasion.

She interviews a couple bloggers via Skype.

Ater reporting earlier in the primaries on how Obama's campaign was using Skype, I was starting to think the Dems had a monopoly on tech. (Look, Obama put out the word on VP choice Joe Biden via text message.)

But the KOTA reporter spoke with a GOP blogger using Skype.

Today is Skype's 5th birthday and candidate John McCain's 72nd. Hope McCain's grandchildren called him on Skype.

Note to the McCain campaign: Send us a photo op of John McCain on a Skype Video call and we'll share it in this space.

Same goes to the Obama camp.