The Internet.... Still not Their Friend.

Despite all the glitz, glam and flash of the internet and particularly the internet of the hard-left netroot crowd, its influence and effectiveness is once again being called into question. After first failing to get Howard Dean more than a few feet off the launch pad back in ’04, they were unable to affect any substantive changes to the approaches to the War in Iraq and the broader War on Terror despite the Democrats taking control of Congress in the ’06 mid-terms. Now, Obama’s victory in Iowa is being viewed as yet another blow to the clout that the ‘roots wield as they view Obama as not sufficiently grounded in their whack-camp. We had some thoughts on this phenomena here from back in September. And regarding the current assessments with respect to Iowa/Obama click here for a piece from the Heritage Foundation and here to knock off a piece of the Weekly Standard.

Also, our home-cat, KT had some thoughts of his own regarding Obama and the issue of race in this country.