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5/3: So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

Today marks the end of Blogometer's five-year run. Since our initial post was written on March 30, 2005, the political blogosphere has grown enormously in size and influence. No one blinked when the 2007 Yearly Kos convention (now called Netroots Nation) drew all but one of the Dem WH '08 candidates, including then-Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY). Online fundraising helped power Dems to big gains in '06 and '08, and Sen. Scott Brown's (R-MA) highly successful January money-bomb suggests that the rightroots will use these same tactics to help GOP candidates in this year's midterms. Meanwhile, bloggers have played a key role in recruiting candidates and debating legislative tactics, and they will undoubtedly continue to do so in the years to come. It's been our pleasure covering the blogosphere for you, and we hope that you enjoyed reading Blogometer. On behalf of my predecessors -- William Beutler and Conn Carroll -- and myself: you stay classy, San Diego.

  • RedState editor Erick Erickson continues to promote the candidacy of state Sen. Marlin Stutzman (R) in advance of tomorrow's IN SEN GOP primary. Erickson writes: "A Senate Conservatives Fund poll shows 30% of Indiana voters are undecided as of Thursday night. Stutzman has the firmest support, but he and [ex-Rep. John] Hostettler are tied at 18% with [ex-Sen. Dan] Coats at 28%. There is still a lot of movement out there and Marlin having such firm support is a huge advantage for him. It might be time for the Hostettler people to stand with [SC Sen.] Jim DeMint and rally to Stutzman." Meanwhile, NRO's Jim Geraghty thinks Stutzman will have a future in GOP politics even if he loses tomorrow: "Stutzman has attracted some passionate support, and there's no shame in a 34-year-old finishing a respectable second or third in a Senate primary. His future in state politics looks bright; if and when [GOP Rep.] Mark Souder retires, the Howe, Indiana resident would seem to be a natural replacement, and one has to wonder how many more terms the 66-year-old Coats would want to serve."
  • Erickson reports that ex-Focus on the Family chair James Dobson "is retracting his endorsement of [KY SEN candidate Trey] Grayson and is now on the Rand Paul team." Erickson: "James Dobson says he was 'misled' and 'Senior Republican leaders' told him Rand Paul is pro-choice. Exactly which members of the Republican leadership lied to James Dobson? That's almost like lying to the Pope. Geez."
  • Geraghty thinks Dems are being "wildly presumptuous" in declaring that HI-01 candidate Charles Djou (R) will lose in November even if he wins the 5/22 special: "You're seeing a few liberal bloggers declare that this is such a unique circumstance that if Djou wins, come November, any Democratic nominee will knock him off. I think they're wildly presumptuous. Djou is a genuinely good candidate, near-impossible to paint as just another Republican. The DCCC attacks on him are pathetically generic; either their research team has quit or Djou really has never done anything controversial or unpopular in his political career. If Djou wins, he'll have a half a year or so to start serving constituents and building up the traditional advantages of an incumbent." Hot Air's Ed Morrissey is impressed by Djou's performance: "This district went for Barack Obama by 70% in 2008. Even if one combined the polls for [ex-Rep. Ed] Case and [state Sen. Colleen] Hanabusa, the Democrat brand seems to have suffered a significant decline in Obama's home district." Meanwhile, Djou held a live chat with RedState readers this a.m.
  • Geraghty thinks ex-MD Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) could win back the governorship: "The Democrat who beat him [in '06], Martin O'Malley, ran with the political wind at his back and with a platform full of promises. The average Marylander is not better off now than he was four years ago. Yes, it's an extraordinarily Democratic state, and Ehrlich's 46 percent approval rating looks good compared to a lot of other Democratic incumbents. But this seems like a tough environment to be running on 'four more years of the same.'"
  • PPP's Tom Jensen notes that Sec/State Elaine Marshall (D) has "expand[ed] her lead" over ex-state Sen. Cal Cunningham (D) in the NC SEN Dem primary, but adds: "The news isn't all bad for Cunningham though. 70% of his voters are firmly committed to him, compared to 60% of Marshall's who say the same of her. In what's likely to be a very low turnout race having the most passionate supporters could really make a difference. Also, the largest amount of undecided voters are in the greater Charlotte area where Cunningham is running television ads and Marshall is not."

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