How did I miss this article today? Well, I didn’t end up missing it all because I read Danny Glover’s Beltway Blogroll.
By Jim Geraghty
Unfortunately for the Democrats, these bloggers are pushing them relentlessly to take a more combative stance, even when the odds are not in their favor, and failure has serious consequences. The Kossacks believe it’s better to lose fighting for principle than compromising to avoid defeat.
Republicans can find strength and success by listening to their like-minded bloggers; Democrats can find strength and success by ignoring theirs.
As usual, Danny links to critics of the piece as well, this time the always charming John Aravosis of Americablog who says,
If the Moonie paper is suggesting the Democrats run from the blogs, then it’s because the Moonie paper thinks the blogs are an incredible asset to the Democratic Party and pose an incredible danger to the Republicans.
What flavor Kool-Aid is he drinking? The only word I agree with is ‘incredible’.