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August 04, 2006
The Blog-Tail Wags the Dog
In support of Ned Lamont, several of the nation’s most well respected liberal bloggers have turned their blogs into Joe Lieberman-bashing political rants.
There's no question about the fact that Ned Lamont's staunch anti-war crusade is driving his candidacy to the top, 65 percent of the Democrats backing Lamont in the latest Quinnipiac poll say they're voting against Joe Lieberman. However, Lamont is also being boosted by a frenzied, jostling, and raging online grassroots movement that may be controlling more of his campaign than he is.
David Segal of the Washington-Post perhaps said it best: “Listen to the Joe-haters, (and) read the pro-Lamont blogs, and you imagine a bunch of torch-bearing villagers who just got a map to the castle.”
The Lieberman forces have not been dormant online though far less effective. They have launched an anti-Lamont site called MeetNed.com.
Unquestionably, the blogosphere has helped boost Ned Lamont into Joe Lieberman's worst nightmare. And, some observers are saying the blogs have ‘gone too far’ and are asking who’s running the show? Is the blog-tail waging this dog?
Perhaps they have, but it’s going to get a lot more confusing and chaotic before we all figure out this new media and how to use it in politics…welcome to the Revolution.
Other Famous Bloggers Backing Lamont (or Bashing Lieberman):
Posted by Buzz Webster at August 4, 2006 01:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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