August 29, 2007

EDWARDS: We Want You! For The ABC Army

MyDD's David Mizner is demanding to know "What's the Sphere Waiting For?" after John Edwards "gave a speech saying exactly what progressives want pols to say" 8/23. Mizner notes that there were two higly commented diaries at Daily Kos, "but the reaction from the big blogs was mixed, at best." Mizner blogs: "The reaction of big bloggers to JRE's sublime speech points to a larger issue ... the failure, or slowness, of progressive bloggers to line up behind what Stirling Newberry calls the 'essentially progressive major candidate.'"

Mizner concludes: "Edwards or Obama will likely need a push from the netroots to beat Hillary: make no mistake, to remain neutral, whether you're a union or a progressive blog, is to help Hillary. It's odd to see elite bloggers fretting about Hillary's lead at the same time that they refuse to get behind an opposing candidate. ... A progressive sphere that doesn't back a progressive candidate is less influential than it could and should be."

Posted by Conn Carroll at August 29, 2007 01:02 PM