Blogs, Moulitsas, and Obama
I heard a sound bite last night from Meet the Press with Markos Moulitsas telling Russert blogs had a hand in getting Obama elected to the Senate from Illinois.
Thought that was a bit of a stretch. Maybe all these Dem Pols traveling down to Las Vegas are going to Kos's head.
I thought blogs irrelevant in Illinois politics.
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In the primary, Bill. The primary.
what in the world do blogs do in the primary for Obama?
I watched some of the Kos convention from Las Vegas on CSPAN this weekend and if Kos thinks boring people to death got Obama elected, well...
Organization. Discussion. Coordination. Research. Reference material. (To name but a few things.)
...It's funny how so many mainstream media pundits claim the blogs have no impact on offline life -- but John Tester in Montana and Dan Rather, formerly of CBS News would probably disagree (A LOT).
Left-leaning blogs may not yet have the impact of conservative radio and publications, but they're getting there. All these partisan media have the same function -- generating and maintaining "buzz" (good or bad) and disseminating info and opinion.
Of course Baar thinks all bloggers, like him, post any inane thought that pops in their head and ramble on incoherently with no conceivable point. So sure he’d find it hard to believe any would have an impact.
See Bill, some people take a little time to think things out before they post on a blog. They even use spell check.
Heaven forbid I lead the charge for spelling in Illinois.... I'm in awe of those homeschool kids who always win the spelling bees.
It's why I can't post anonymously anonymous. I'm condemed to not hiding.
So it's ok to be a moron as long as you attach your name to it? That explains much.
yep, you got it
gotta get out from under your rock and shake off the moss to understand.
The blog that catapulted Obama to a landslide win in the senate was the "I'm Alan Keyes and I'll act like a cantankerous yutz if I want to" blog.
I think it was at MySpace.
Greg,
The nation's turn to the left (and progressivism, liberty, democracy and all that goes with it) began in 1776... Just for some perspective there.
- NW
Obama being the better candidate by far in both the Primary and the General Election is why he won, with the assist of Blair's money being negated by his divorce records.
I can't think of a single election where blogs have directly influenced the outcome.
I liked Obama, I voted for Obama, I volunteered for Obama. I never doubted Obama would win.
But that won't change the fact that 99% of Americans have never heard of a blog, in the latest poll I saw.
Obama was the only black candidate in essentially a four-way race for the Democratic nomination in Illinois.
Obama was the only progressive candidate in essentially a four-way race for the Democratic nomination in Illinois.
Markos has a remarkable inflated view of his own importance in the grand scheme of things. The irony of going on Meet the Press to argue that blogs are relevant leaves me punch-drunk.
"I'm in awe of those homeschool kids who always win the spelling bees."
I'm not.
The high profile national spelling bees have an established word list. (26,000 words, if memory serves) Home schooling allows - at best - shifting the calendar and focusing on nothing but the spelling list for a few months. At worst, they would forgo real education for singleminded focus on the bee - like those psychotic beauty pageant moms.
Obama is progressive? Maybe that explains his vote in favor of the "Bridge to Nowhere" and campaigning for tariffs on imported ethanol, surely the ultimate signals of progress.
JBP
Obama worship him or pagan, won because he was in the right place at the right time, he was an attractive intelligent candidate who was apparently happily married and never took his wife to sex clubs or threatened to kill her. If Kos broke th eBlair Hull story, that is the only way he can take credit for St. Obama winning...or if he sits on the IL GOP Central committee and picked Keyes.
Bill, do you read and understand your topics before you post them?????????
anon,
Yes, Kos told Russert blogs helped elect Obama. What did you hear?
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