RAW STORY is reporting that the White House held a blogger conference call to give the administrations talking points on executive privilege.

At the urging of top conservative bloggers, the White House set up a Friday morning conference call to promote its message on the subject of executive privilege, RAW STORY has found.

“The White House hosted a blogger conference call to discuss the issues surrounding the Bush administration’s use of executive privilege in the probe of the firings of eight federal prosecutors,” wrote Ed Morrissey, who produces the blog Captains Quarters. “The White House arranged the call based on a recommendation by this blog, in order to familiarize the blogosphere with the legal and political arguments on which the administration will rely to prevail in the upcoming fight regarding the contempt citations Congress seems likely to approve.”

Though the article suggests the end result might not have been entirely successful it does show the growing power of bloggers.

A post from Robert Bluey shows that this isn’t the first time the White House has gone directly to bloggers.