In a Web-only column, Newsweek‘s Eleanor Clift covers how the blogosphere got into the Paul Hackett race. Clift’s “Fighting Back” discusses an “Ohio special election result [that] shows how Democrats are harnessing the power of the blogosphere.” Right on. (Via Raw Story.)
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“and from the mass’, a single voice was heard”
if only ; )
All in all, this article showed what is happening on the internet and the potential to weild great political power, but there were many sites dedicated to helping Hackett have a strong challenge to the republican. I was with her until she got into the Moses stuff.
Yeah. I don’t see Kos as Moses.
So many other bloggers did a hell of a lot for Hackett’s campaign. But Clift was covering that Trippi/Kos conference.
(Will that be on tape anywhere?)
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Moulitsas in a basket drifting on the Nile waters to unknown promised land. Seems fitting, no?
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Kos doesn’t even see Kos as Moses. Says “Ack,” he’s not the gatekeeper.
I can see, however, that it’s much easier for conventional media or for people who aren’t used to blogging to see it in terms of conventional leader-follower structures. Much easier to quantify that way, easier to explain. People are less afraid of change if they think something fits into conventional formats.
The truth is that this thing we’re all doing has no conventional form, and while it can be directed it can’t be controlled. All that can and likely will change, as the blogging industry goes through growth and shake-out as other start-ups do. But for now, it’s an exciting and creative ride.
the article even embarrassed Markos.
But I think it was a good piece and pretty accurate.
“Our man Bob from The Swing State Project was featured today on Inside Politics for his incredible work on the Paul Hackett campaign. The blogosphere is supposed to be the realm of anarchy. Bloggers are said to be fierce individualists, spouting off online, sitting in the park, alone, like Bob Brigham here. He and his partner, Tim Tagaris, run a Democratic blog called swingstateproject.com. Brigham is in San Francisco. Tagaris is in Ohio. SCHNEIDER: The bloggers made their point on their Web site, of course. And I quote. “The Republican Party,” they write, “is on notice. For that matter, so is the Democratic Party establishment on notice. Get with the program or we’ll leave you behind.”-from Crooks and Liars with video from CNN. The blogosphere meets the televised msm, courtesy of the internet.
from http://www.seattlefordean.com and http://www.howieinseattlefordean.com
public relations person to get our sorry asses on Inside Politics and on the pages of Newsweek. Any volunteers?