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Now That Its Over

Posted June 08, 2008 at 1:59 PM

As everyone everywhere engages in primary postmortems, I thought I’d share a few thoughts of my own about the first Real Internet Primary as it was covered from my perch at the heart of the Internet.

Blogs are the new interest groups. As blogs have grown, so have they matured from places where pet issues are discussed to places where people go to read the people with whom they agree. Much as every aspiring college grad once read theNew York Timesto see what he or she was supposed to think, political junkies scanned theWashington Post, and fans of colored pie charts drew on theUSA Todaywith crayons at IHOP, now there are a variety of blogs that will tell you what to think, free of charge.Daily Koshas become the bastion of annoying Democratic Party activists, whileTalkLeftis now the official home of those that live in a paranoid fantasy world being pummeled to splinters by giant phalluses. If you are a hyperventilating anti-Clinton fanatic, you will be soothed by the gentle English wit ofAndrew Sullivan. If you’re seething with Obamaphobic rage,Taylor Marshwill not only help you find a great pair ofshitkickers, but also show youwhere to kick some..er..things. Even NARAL’s surprise endorsement of Barack Obama didn’t have much influence over those folks already committed to Clinton via one or another of the pro-Clinton blogs. And Michael Goldfarb justmakes no sense.
All politics is local, and all local politics is national. Before 2006, it would have been difficult to know what was happening in competitive races across the country. As was demonstrated with Lamont’s victory over Lieberman in the 2006 Connecticut Senate primary, it’s now possible for local races to gain national traction in ways that was previously difficult. Similarly, elections in Mississippi, Illinois, and Louisiana have captured the attention of even casual political observers - and allowed for direct donations from across the country.
The long tail strikes again. The defacto poll during the primary cycle was not Zogby or Rasmussen or anyone else. It was the Real Clear Politics poll of polls that aggregated every public poll released. By March, everyone, even the cable networks, seemed to be using the RCP measure. As has been said before, the internet isn’t just going to bring new voices into the fray, it’s going to allow the fray to be pitted up against itself to see what averages out, then the fray will be crosstabbed with an Intrade market and analyzed by a SABR member from Cut Off, LA. And Michael Goldfarb, of course, willcontinue to make absolutely no sense.
Finally, we, as a nation, get to make a historic choice between thedapand theLindy Hop. Blagotubes, work your magic!

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