Some wired newcomers have joined the news media's coverage of the Liberal leadership convention.

About 10 bloggers -- people who records their thoughts and opinions in online journals -- have been accredited the event, possibly the first one where they've been allowed to do so.

In the bloggers' room, the main sound is the tapping of keystrokes on computer keyboards.

The bloggers have come to the same conclusion as the mainstream media: "The buzz around this week's convention is nobody knows what's going to happen," said Antonio Di Domizio.

Di Domizio is a Liberal blogger from Montreal. The name of the Concordia University student's blog is Fuddle Duddle. That blog reportedly gets about 300 hits per day, about half from Montreal.

Di Domizio supports front-runner Michael Ignatieff.

"Sure you can say (former cabinet minister) Stephane Dion has growth potential, but he still has 16 points to catch Michael Ignatieff -- that's double what he has now," he said.

"So growth potential, to me, is not as big a factor when you have such big ground to make up. I would put my money on Michael Ignatieff to get Quebec support, particularly if other candidates with Quebec support ... happen to drop off."

The bloggers say what's being chatted about in cyberspace isn't necessarily reflective of what's happening on the convention floor. However, they have noticed certain trends.

Bloggers aren't chatting much about Bob Rae, the former NDP leader of Ontario. Most of their attention has gone to Ignatieff, Dion and former Ontario cabinet minister Gerard Kennedy.

Will their chatter impact on the race?

"To me it's debatable," said Greg Staples, a Conservative blogger. His blog is called Political Staples.

"I know a lot of bloggers want to believe there's a big influence of blogs on political campaigns and I'm not convinced of it. We like to think so. Myself, I get maybe 500 readers on my site a day."

Blogger Jeff Jedras disagrees. He's a Liberal who supports Dion. His blog's name is A BCer in Toronto.

"The people that read blogs are mainly those that are really into politics. They have that serious interest, they want to get all the information they can. But those just happen to also be the people that are members of political parties," he said.

With a report from CTV Montreal's Rob Lurie