The Unmaking of a Senator: How Bloggers Pulled It Off

TIME.com: The Unmaking of a Senator: How Bloggers Pulled It Off — Page 1

The much-hyped Internet activists of the Howard Dean presidential campaign, liberal blogs like Daily Kos and activist groups like MoveOn.org had generated lots of buzz, but few results at the ballot box until now. But in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, the bloggers didn’t just get a win, but a victory no one could have expected even four months ago. Joe Lieberman wasn’t just a three-term Connecticut Senator, he was only a few thousand votes from being the vice-president in a Democratic administration six years ago. And despite almost the entire Democratic establishment supporting his run against a virtually unknown businessman named Ned Lamont, including former President Clinton campaigning for him in Connecticut, the bloggers and Connecticut voters have essentially kicked Joe Lieberman out of the Democratic Party.

The power of the blog? Is it that simple? Blogs do offer perspective outside of the mainstream media. The key is that they are perceipved as to me more conversational than media, which adds a different level of trust.

9 August, 2006 |

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