bloggers

A lesson: When Glenn Reynolds asks whether “Barack Obama’s popularity has already plunged 15 points,” he is linking facetiously to a post that makes no sense. In this case, one by Don Surber.

Citing a Gallup Poll, the London Sun reported President Obama is “down” to 68% approval. If this keeps up, he’ll be in negative [...]

Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. A website called GetAfghanistanRight, set up by bloggers at the Seminal and Brave New Films — and with the support of Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel — went live today, with the intent of blogging [...]

It’s still just the embryonic Barack Obama administration, of course, but the light-speed downfall of Bill Richardson, Obama’s nominee for Commerce Dept. secretary, has brought back a conservative meme that had faded after Obama escaped blame in Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s scandals.
I should be clear: This is a conservative movement meme, not something the Republican [...]

Not-for-much-longer DNC Chairman Howard Dean just held a conference call with America’s bloggers — or, as Gov. Sarah Palin would have it, “kids in pajamas sitting in the basement of their parents’ homes.” Over the rumble of the washing machine, I asked him about the successes and failures of his famous 50-state strategy, credited with [...]

I watched Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren. It was mostly a recap of other recent Palin interviews in which she denied all the demeaning accusations against her made by anonymous McCain staffers.
However, I feel the need to set something straight.
Palin has twice channeled MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough in criticizing bloggers [...]