Tim Roemer, who in this blogger's opinion is Republican-lite, appears to have just committed digital suicide - alluding that the bloggers got it wrong on him.
To my suprise, TalkingPointsMemo, Washington Monthly, and MyDD were all plugged by George Stephanapolous in his interview of Tim Roemer.
Roemer weakly deflected the criticisms by the blogosphere of his seemingly anti-Democratic stands on core party values such as choice and Social Security.
It's this blogger's opinion that his candidacy has ended on the same day it started. Without the blessing of the blogosphere, I just don't think he can go any further. His tacit support of the Bush Administration, affiliation with a conservative think tank (link to follow in comments if I can find it), and position that the core character of Democrats must change to be victorious makes him totally insuitable to Chair the Committee.
The only statement that I agree with is that the Democratic Party can not evacuate areas where they cannot or are unwilling to do the work necessary to win. I just don't think the abandonment of the principles of a woman's right to choose and the merging of politics and religion is the way to go.
Lastly, as a state of the blogosphere point, I was very suprised by Stephanopolous' decision to include blog pundits as qualified commentators. I truly believe they are, especially since (1) they are all sites I frequent and (2) they conform to my political ideologies. I'm certain that the right wing will take him to task for using sources that (in the traditional medias opinion) is too emotional, arbitrary, and uncredentialed, despite the fact that Drum and Marshall are previous old world journalists. 2004 may have been the year of the blogger, but 2005 will be the year of the blogosphere. Each of us, in all of our digital diatribes must consider where we fit in the ecosystem. Is our opinion factually valid? Have we done the necessary work and research to avoid logical errors you can drive a bus through?
One last point...
From ThisWeek...George Will is full of crap...where are those members of the party? I don't know ONE person like that. Anyone who has ever cracked open a history book knows that the isolationist sentiment of the 1930s indirectly (or directly) allowed Hitler and Mussolini their opennings. Todays' Democrats didn't want to ignore Iraq, and most know we can't ignore what Iraq is now. However, the problem that the Bush and neoconservatives created is a far more dangerous situation than the pre-invasion Iraq.