Like I've said, they sent out a call for one breed of blog, and credentialed another--I'd be a fool to complain, and yet (typical of me, says Ben Smith) I did—(see, http://www.r8ny.com/blog/gatemouth/the_cream_rises.html)

I don't necessarily think it's wrong for the DNC to have credentialed a different type of blog (making a big deal out of people with audiences beyond your base may well be a winning strategy), but if that was their intent, they should have said so upfront, and then they would have had the fight they're having now long in advance of people buying their airline tickets in reliance upon their actions, rather than afterward.

To me, we're all a band of brothers and sisters---and there is agreement to that proposition in these quarters, after all Liza helped Scott Sala get Urban Elephants up and running. It reminds me about the small town with only one attorney, and he was starving to death; then one day, seemingly to make matters worse, another lawyer opened shop, and soon, lo and behold, there was enough business for both of them. Well, it’s the same with political blogs. And Mike, though I know you say you see TDG as primarily an organizing tool, the care and art in your writing betrays otherwise.

I hope you succeed in your efforts to get seated at the Convention, but whether you do or not, you Liza, Mole, and the Two Dans will all be there in spirit with me and Rockwell (both of whom, if I recall correctly have posted here from time to time)--I mean that.