Comments on: Oppo Knocks?

By: Barack Obama and the Souljahsphere at Blog P.I.

Barack Obama and the Souljahsphere at Blog P.I. — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:12:04 +0000

[...] to scrutiny like any other political actor from dark horse challenger to 527 chieftain. Last year, bloggers in Virginia faced up to this fact, when rumors swirled that then Senator-elect Jim Webb had collected information on conservative and [...]

By: e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Quick Hits — December 18, 2006

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:08:55 +0000

[...] Oppo Knocks?. Did the Webb campaign conduct opposition research on friendly bloggers? Blog P.I tackles the case. [...]

By: Lee Diamond

Lee Diamond — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:03:07 +0000

Richard R. does not know what he is talking about. On most issues, Jim and his supporters are in agreement. Richard, why don’t you write a novel?

By: Save The GOP » Webb campaign paid for opp research on bloggers

Save The GOP » Webb campaign paid for opp research on bloggers — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:47:23 +0000

[...] More at Shaun Kenney and Blog PI. [...]

By: Daily Pundit » Can the NYT Hacks Say the Same Thing?

Daily Pundit » Can the NYT Hacks Say the Same Thing? — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:27:30 +0000

[...] Oppo Knocks? at Blog P.I. If you are a Virginia blogger, chances are that the Webb campaign has an opposition research book on you. [...]

By: fred lapides

fred lapides — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:35:52 +0000

Those immoral people! At lest his opponent and his supporters did not resort to his fictionalworks to call him unfit to be in office….it would be truly stupid, ignorant, and just plain dumb to take fiction and claim this to be the writer’s values

By: Richard R

Richard R — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:29:25 +0000

Webb was in a very strange position as a candidate. Most of his supporters agreed with him on only one topic - Iraq. Every other position he had, from gun control to abortion to gay rights to illegal imigration, his position was far to the right of his supporters. In some cases, it was to the right of Allen's.

So he knew that at any moment any one of the bloggers supporting could re-order their priorities, drop Iraq down a notch or 2 and turn against him. And a former Webb blogger working against him would do much more damage than an Allen blogger.

If he DIDN'T do research on his supporters, he's a moron. And I've read his stuff - he's not a moron.

But Vanden Berg is being less than truthful.

By: William Beutler

William Beutler — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:02:08 +0000

Not a bad point.

As I mention above, there's nothing scandalous about oppo and self-research. But just as campaigns are learning about blogs as they go along, so are bloggers learning about campaigns. And this fact of campaigning seems to be coming as a rude shock -- even if it shouldn't.

That said, now that Vanden Berg has gone on the record to Wilmore about it, I think that might be enough of a hook for the Post to start placing calls.

By: Vivian J. Paige

Vivian J. Paige — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:59:06 +0000

I’d be quite surprised to see the MSM jump on this story. Not enough “there” there, if you know what I mean.