I know a lot of us here at Daily Kos and the rest of the blogosphere feel like we're talking in an echo chamber and our voices never really get heard outside of our own small bubble. But take heart, the media is listening as well as Super Delegates. From First Read
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro
*** ObamaNation’s power: Curious of what the bitterness and anger could look like if Obama is somehow denied the Democratic nomination? Check out the reaction from the ObamaNation over Wednesday’s debate. To put it simply, ABC was under siege yesterday. This may only be a taste of how the ObamaNation would react to a Clinton nomination. If MoveOn is motivated to do a petition campaign against the media over a debate, imagine what Clinton delegates and undecided superdelegates would face this summer if there is doubt. And as the Politico’s Ben Smith pointed out yesterday, it’s also what the GOP would face in the general election, especially if Obama is nominee. The level of devotion among Obama's supporters rivals what Bush had with his flock in 2004. The left-wing blogosphere is MUCH more powerful than what you see on the right this cycle and it reminds us of the advantage Bush had in '04. While we all know about that so-called right-wing voice machine, don’t forget that there is now a left-wing noise machine (on the internet) as well. And it has found its voice.
Get that? We changed the media narrative. Right there, we changed it. Instead of talking about the candidate's responses, the chatter is about ABC, Charlie Gibson, and George S.
For years now we have been fighting the Right Wing machine which includes the vast reach of Talk Radio figures like Rush Limbaugh whose influence on the media is well documented. But things seem to be changing. Are we finally getting that influence that used to be a privilege of Conservative blogs like Powerline, Michelle Malking and Drudge?
From Politico's Ben Smith
t also triggered the most furious outrage I've seen from the huge, and growing, Obama activist base, which in this case merged with the liberal Netroots -- which aren't always on the same page -- to generate a volume of complaints about the first 45-minutes of questioning that are pretty impossible to miss.
It's just a small glimpse, I think, of the level of heat the media is going to take in the general election, and John McCain doesn't seem to have any equivalent.
Going into November we have an ENORMOUS opportunity to set the tone of this election. More and more sites are linking to left leaning blogs like Talking Points Memo, Glenn Greenwald, and yes, The Great Orange Satan itself, Daily Kos. The combination of a charismatic candidate like Barack Obama and a FIRED UP base could completely shut McCain out in November. He doesn't inspire the Republican base, they are just settling for him. These are heady, exciting times indeed!