Saturday, February 05, 2005
Bloggers Matter
It’s not usually my style to quote David Brooks, but when he pointed out the fact that the Democratic Party under Howard Dean is drawing it’s power (and money) from readers of blogs like Daily Kos it needs to be noted.
The answer, as Mickey Kaus observes in Slate, is that the party is following the money. The energy and the dough are in the MoveOn.org wing, which is not even a wing of the party, but the head and the wallet. Only the most passionate and liberal voices can stir up this network of online donors from the educated class.
Of course he used it as a negative, but for those of us who believe the status quo of our current political system needs to be changed, it’s positive. In short, bloggers and their readers are changing the political landscape.
Now let's keep up the pressure.
The answer, as Mickey Kaus observes in Slate, is that the party is following the money. The energy and the dough are in the MoveOn.org wing, which is not even a wing of the party, but the head and the wallet. Only the most passionate and liberal voices can stir up this network of online donors from the educated class.
Of course he used it as a negative, but for those of us who believe the status quo of our current political system needs to be changed, it’s positive. In short, bloggers and their readers are changing the political landscape.
Now let's keep up the pressure.
