August 21, 2007

8/21: The Natives Are Restless

There has been a fair amount of conservativekvetchingrecently over the state of the conservative moment and how bloggers can help. As loathe as they might be to steal a page from the netroots' playbook, sometimes imitation is necessary for survival. In response to Dem concessions on FISA and Iraq supplemental funding, the netroots have begun targetting Dems they believe they can either push left (e.g. Reps. Jane Harman (D-CA) and Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)), or outright replace in a primary (e.g. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)). Meanwhile conservatives talk about reforming earmarks, and urge on DOJ investigations of GOP pols, but no concrete action is taken to discipline their own party members.

The netroots learned (painfully) that their leaders were not going to change their party for them. So, among other projects, they began to get involved in the primary process. How many more defeats before the GOP starts playing the same game?

Posted by Conn Carroll at August 21, 2007 12:54 PM