http://www.blogpi.net/quit-speculating-and-poll-it-already Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.blogpi.net/quit-speculating-and-poll-it-already#comment-2878 Stabbing Eastward: Lamont, the Netroots and Barack Obama at Blog P.I. Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:53:39 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/quit-speculating-and-poll-it-already#comment-2878 <p>[...] Another interesting thing about the philosophical and political differences between the Beltway establishment and Democratic-aligned bloggers is the split opinions about Barack Obama. If you don’t know that Obama ‘08 is in its ascendancy this week, then you must be in a persistent vegetative state. With Republican newspaper columnists Charles Krauthammer and David Brooks offering genuine praise of the freshman senator, it becomes all the more clear that Obama’s surge is a media-driven sensation. Though hyped excessively by celebrity-obsessed reporters, Barack Obama has demonstrated a potentially broad appeal. Yet there is one group seemingly impervious to Obama’s charms: the netroots, of course. [...]</p> [...] Another interesting thing about the philosophical and political differences between the Beltway establishment and Democratic-aligned bloggers is the split opinions about Barack Obama. If you don’t know that Obama ‘08 is in its ascendancy this week, then you must be in a persistent vegetative state. With Republican newspaper columnists Charles Krauthammer and David Brooks offering genuine praise of the freshman senator, it becomes all the more clear that Obama’s surge is a media-driven sensation. Though hyped excessively by celebrity-obsessed reporters, Barack Obama has demonstrated a potentially broad appeal. Yet there is one group seemingly impervious to Obama’s charms: the netroots, of course. [...]

]]> http://www.blogpi.net/quit-speculating-and-poll-it-already#comment-867 Fern Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:16:12 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/quit-speculating-and-poll-it-already#comment-867 <p>Heh. I never realized that they did a poll on a Bloomberg Presidential run. This is the first time I've ever heard anyone even mention his name in the same sentence as "President." I'd be interested in seeing an Obama poll. It's like you said, his name gets trotted out a lot, but only in political parlor games.</p> Heh. I never realized that they did a poll on a Bloomberg Presidential run. This is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone even mention his name in the same sentence as “President.” I’d be interested in seeing an Obama poll. It’s like you said, his name gets trotted out a lot, but only in political parlor games.

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