(Please feel free to distribute this to any Southern state bloggers you know!)
In the American South, in states like Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, South Carolina, and others, Democrats and Progressives face many of the same issues every election cycle. A lot of the typical “God, guns, and gays,” plus abortion and other so-called “wedge issues,” Republicans have made effective use of to turn the once Solid Democratic South into a Republican stronghold.
Bloggers in these states face unique challenges when it comes to framing issues and advocating for candidates in election cycles.
Recently, a new group has been started to help Southern State Bloggers “unite” and explore strategy and issue-framing options in anticipation of the 2008 election cycle: Progressvie Bloggers of the South.
The purpose of the group is to help bloggers in states facing similar political challenges in a common geographic area communicate, discuss strategy and policy, and more.
This will be a useful tool moving toward 2008 as we prepare to “frame the debate” leading to Election Day.
Anyone interested in joining, please email vince.leibowitz-at-gmail.com with your name or pseudonym, and the name of the blog you write for, and I will add you to the group. This group is open to all bloggers in the South, whether you are a diarist at DailyKOS, MyDD, Booman Tribune, have a Blogger blog, or are an “A-Lister.” Come one, come all.