Blogging and Politics, a brave new world

So, John Edwards, Democratic presidential candidate, hired two bloggers for his campaign. Then it became obvious that they had been outspoken and perhaps crude in their choice of words in some blog posts they had made before they worked for him. This post in Thomas Scoble's blog outlines the original issue and makes some comments on Edwards' situation now. He also suggests some things to think about when blogging for work. Would it be better to make only neutral comments, or does that make a blogger boring? How much does an employer need to know about your past before considering hiring you, and how does your past web presence affect your new job? Is only the opinion of the blogging community important to bloggers? As blogging matures, there will be lots of related questions to consider.