See here. The writer states that he is preparing a formal response to the FEC rulemaking on behalf of the founder of Daily Kos, Atrios, and others. Here is what I find most signficicant. The writer asks for reactions to a number of proposed policy positions incluing the following: “However, when a campaign pays a blogger for the explicit purpose of publishing favorable stories, this would be ‘paid advertising’ by the campaign (or, alternatively, the blogger is a de facto agent of the campaign), and in those circumstances, a ‘paid for by’ disclaimer is likely appropriate.” (Original emphasis)