Kos nags: Democratic groups don’t advertise on far-left blogs
Markos Moulitsas complains that democratic groups don’t advertise on his site. Of course they don’t.
Via Hot Air (be sure to read the post: AP announces his opinion is for sale) comes the latest whining from Markos Moulitsas, founder of Daily Kos:
“Most want the easy way — having a big blogger promote their agenda,” adds Markos Moulitsas, the founder of DailyKos. “Then they turn around and spend $50K for a one-page ad in the New York Times or whatever.” Moulitsas adds that officials at such groups often do nothing to engage the sites’s audiences by, say, writing posts, instead wanting the bloggers to do everything for them.
The behind-the-scenes tensions go to the heart of the role these bloggers have created for themselves in Democratic politics — they’re basically advocates and operatives with big platforms — and their future role, too. They argue that their efforts and fundraising helped drive the Democratic ascendancy. Yet even the Dem party committees are reluctant to advertise with them, raising the question of whether the party will ever be willing to seriously invest long-term in this new media infrastructure.
The reason for their refusal to advertise on sites like Daily Kos, AMERICAblog, MyDD, etc. is clear: Democratic politicians are often quite progressive, but not as progressive as these liberal bloggers. And if they are, they know they can’t inform the public about the beliefs they truly hold. No, Democrats win elections by presenting themselves as moderates, who are slightly left-of-center. A public and open relationship with liberal blogs makes it very easy for their opponents to show the public what they really are: ideological leftists.
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“A public and open relationship with liberal blogs makes it very easy for their opponents to show the public what they really are: ideological leftists.”
Well, that depends on your definition of the center. The average democrat politician may be ideological, but a “leftist” according to some ironcast spectrum? Heh, no, though. Also, I can’t see Moulitsas “whining” or “nagging”. He may be complaining from a less-than-self-distanced perspective, but his pathos isn’t of the whiny kind.