Blog Me, Baby

Hugh Hewitt waxes on the influence and dynamics of blogs on public opinion and, consequently, on public policy. According to Hewitt, blogs are responsible for the meltdown at the NY Times and even for Trent Lott's job. For an encore, the upcoming presidential elections will be the next watershed event for the blogging community.

I'm not sure how much of this to bite off and swallow.

I have to trust that Hewitt, Sullivan, et al have been blogging much longer than I and must have some grounds to stand on to own such opinions. One big advantage, their sense of the pulse of politics is much greater than mine--after all, it's their jobs. However, I do know what I know. blogs such as Sullivan's, Shark and Hewitt have reopened my eyes to politics after a long slumber that began since entering college. If this has been multiplied over for even .33% of the general population (~1 million people), then you have just created a sizeable and more knowledgable populance, almost overnight.