The Washington Post’s Charles Babington has this article today built around the following idea: Democratic presidential candidates have to support net neutrality because if they don’t, the liberal blogosphere will eat them alive. As everybody knows by now, blogs play a far more important role in Democratic party politics than they do in Republican circles.
A veteran Democratic consultant who spoke on condition of anonymity was more blunt. Among Democratic candidates, she said, “if you’re not for net neutrality, then the blogs will kick your” rear. The grass-roots groups that strongly favor it are relatively small but very noisy, she said, “and you just don’t want to have to deal with that.”
Hmmm…it’s true that every major Democratic presidential contender is in favor of some form of net neutrality. But I would argue that’s true because net neutrality became a partisan issue almost at the outset, and good Democratic leaders embrace the party’s positions.
But, it would be very, very cool if the liberal blogosphere had the power to scare Presidential candidates into adopting positions out of fear that their rears would be kicked. It would be proof that bloggers, and not politicians, rule.
Cynthia Brumfield at 1:27 PM|Comments(0)
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