BLOGGER SPOTLIGHT: Chris Bowers

Today the Blogometer talks to Chris Bowers, who blogs at Open Left.

(If you're looking for Friday's edition of Blogometer, click here).

Where did you grow up?
Liverpool, New York. It is a suburb just north of Syracuse, New York.

Where do you live now?
West Philadelphia, just outside of University City.

If you have an occupation other than blogging, what is it?
Netroots organizing and consulting.

What's on your iPod right now?
I really got to listen to more music. Never bought an iPOD or downloaded music online.

What book do you think every person should read?
I don't think anyone should have to read anything. Not big into monoculture.

Please finish this sentence: "When I'm not blogging, you'll probably find me..."
Sleeping. I should diversify my life. :)

What has been your favorite blog post, or your favorite story to write about?
Of all the work I have done online, I remain the proudest of simultaneously launching Googlebomb the Elections and Use It Or Lose It back in late mid-October, 2006.

I doubt I will ever have another two weeks of blogging as good as those.

Which blogger(s) do you consider indispensable, if any?
As Kos once noted when he went away for a few weeks, and Daily Kos kept going just fine, no blogger is indispensible. The blogosphere is simply too vast to ever breakdown if one individual just stopped. So, while it makes me a little sad to say it, no one is indispensible.

Who's your favorite non-liberal blogger?
This is going to sound silly, but I love Centauri Dreams!

Who's your favorite active politician? Least favorite?
Senator Russ Feingold is my absolute favorite. He is the only Democrat who voted against the Iraq war authorization, and both Wall Street bailouts. First to call for withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan. Only Democrat to vote against the Patriot Act. A true champion.

Least favorite: I guess I can't think of one. Maybe I don't see any individual as a problem -- just the overall system.

What would you realistically like to see Democrats accomplish before the 2010 midterms?
--Public option
--EFCA compromise
--5-10% increase on income tax for top 1%
--DC representation in the House
--Immigration reform

If you could give President Obama advice, what would it be?
Start quietly rounding up support to use the nuclear option to destroy the filibuster, once and for all.

What keeps you up at night?
Wondering if it is possible to raise a family and retire off blogging.

Please feel free to ask and answer your own question.
Who's the master? Sho 'nuff!