http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-souljahsphere Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Tue, 2 Dec 2008 04:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-souljahsphere#comment-139555 Open Left and MyDD, One Year Later at Blog P.I. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:10:59 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-souljahsphere#comment-139555 <p>[...] Then MyDD achieved some separation in the late fall, which initially I’d attribute to growing interest in the presidential contest. One of the main reasons Bowers and Stoller left was to focus on the progressive movement writ large, rather than the horse race — so it is understandable that it would not be the go-to site in the heat of the primaries. And then starting in December, MyDD really began to take off. While some of this is probably attributable to still more interest in the nominating contest, I’d wager the sharp spike owes to site founder Jerome Armstrong (along with Bowers/Stoller replacement Todd Beeton) taking the site in a strong pro-Clinton direction. This distinguished itself from most lefty blogs, which ranged from avidly pro-Obama to mildly pro-Obama (as I’ve discussed before, Open Left was at best tepidly pro-Obama). [...]</p> [...] Then MyDD achieved some separation in the late fall, which initially I’d attribute to growing interest in the presidential contest. One of the main reasons Bowers and Stoller left was to focus on the progressive movement writ large, rather than the horse race — so it is understandable that it would not be the go-to site in the heat of the primaries. And then starting in December, MyDD really began to take off. While some of this is probably attributable to still more interest in the nominating contest, I’d wager the sharp spike owes to site founder Jerome Armstrong (along with Bowers/Stoller replacement Todd Beeton) taking the site in a strong pro-Clinton direction. This distinguished itself from most lefty blogs, which ranged from avidly pro-Obama to mildly pro-Obama (as I’ve discussed before, Open Left was at best tepidly pro-Obama). [...]

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