Free Republic is a conservative electronic think tank with several hundred thousand participants and many additional readers, but its reach goes far beyond that.
Top conservatives who have audiences in the millions, such as Rush, Levin....etc, I would bet, browse Free Republic and read the consensus conservative opinon of the day. For example when Rush Limbaugh moves into his Atilla the Hun chair momentarily and fires up his golden EIB microphone, he will be fully aware of the Jim Robinson endorsement.
Most Amernicans may not know about Free Republican but its effect on conservative opinion is second to none.
Yes, Free Republic is not a light weigth site, it is instead most influential.
Very well put, I could not agree more.