More On Rebuilding The Rightroots: Part III

My co-blogger at Right Wing News, John Hawkns, wrote a very thoughtful and comprehensive article on what the Right needs to do online. He mentions that political DC insiders on the right don’t get it, essentially, about the blogosphere. I’ve heard that from other bloggers who’ve worked on campaigns.

From a systemic perspective, this is what I see:

The Rightosphere doesn’t exist. There are individual organisms but no cohesive ecosphere. So, while Markos Moulitas and Arianna Huffington presides, to an extent over the Left-leaning blogosphere, there is no grand-daddy or grand-mama on the Right. Sure, we have Glenn Reynolds and Michelle Malkin, but neither has shown an interest in coordinating a movement to stand in solidarity to force a sea-change in politics.

There is not a Yearly “Get it Right” Convention, for example. Part of the issue is simply meeting one another. Because we all have jobs, or most of us do, we fit blogging in. But I assure you, just speaking for myself here, I’ll be making more time for activism–if I can make it pay for itself. John’s idea about wealthy donors getting with the program is important here. Plane flights and conferences cost money and time.

It would be nice for the blogosphere on the Right to put together a sort of platform, invite politicians and MSM journalists and make an impression. The guys at the top of the Republican movement might be surprised who they see at a convention like that.

There is CPAC, the CLC, the AFP and Samshere, etc, but do any of them specifically represent the blogosphere? I don’t know.

Gotta run, but there will be more thoughts later.

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