Three-Quarters of MoCs with Blogs Draft Own Postings? Riiight

I'm a bit late on this, but Beltway Blogroll recently noted a new George Washington University survey of blog readership on Capitol Hill.  Among the most interesting findings:

...only 11.5 percent of actual lawmakers are blog readers, while 93.6 percent of their senior flacks keep one eye on the blogosphere. The rest of the numbers: 34.6 percent of junior communications staffers, 51.3 percent of senior legislative assistants, and 47.4 percent of junior legislative assistants.

But here's the finding that really jumped out at us:

Of the respondents from congressional offices with blogs, a somewhat surprising 75 percent note that the member of Congress him or herself writes or prepares the blog postings for their own blogs, while 50 percent of offices reported that Senior Communications staffers author posts.

As a former Hill comms staffer, my only reaction is disbelief.  That 75 percent would probably also claim that the boss drafts all of his own constituent mail...