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Liberalism is egomania by another name; liberal bloggers arguing over trifles is like watching toddlers argue over who gets the red cereal bowl. It's amusing to watch but ultimately unimportant except to the other wingnut bloggers like Maryscott "Hotflash" O'Connor (her Wash Post profile is a hoot).

As you can see the disagreements are never about facts or policy, they are just more of the same finger-pointing and preening. Everyone's quest seems to be how many name-checks they can receive. Then it's back to arguing about angels dancing on the head of a pin (for those libs who believe angels exist, anyway).

It's a bit scary, but understandable, that 'serious' Dem leaders would pay these foam-at-the-mouth ranters any attention. What in the world can a workshy empty nester in Maryland tell them that would be relevant to leadership or electoral politics?

The smell of desperation permeates the Dem sphere. If the DNC leadership tries to satisfy the wingnut bloggers, they will be somewhere to the left of VI Lenin. If the DNC ignores the bloggers in search of a moderate (i.e., policies with half a chance of being accepted/implemented) then the bloggers will throw another tanty. What a crew. They deserve each other.

Maryscott O'Connor's pic from the WaPo article. Subsequent posts on her blog have her and her supporters griping about the photo but didn't she give her consent to be photographed?'

OR DID BUSH* PUT ROOFIES IN HER COFFEE?!?!?!

If the DNC leadership tries to satisfy the wingnut bloggers, they will be somewhere to the left of VI Lenin. If the DNC ignores the bloggers in search of a moderate (i.e., policies with half a chance of being accepted/implemented) then the bloggers will throw another tanty.

The DNC can safely ignore the bloggers in this case. The left wing bloggers have tried many times to pin a scandal on Bush, often helped by the old media. (Gannon, Rove indicated, and many more) All of them have fizzled. If they try to sabotage a viable Democratic candidate the old media won't help them.

Blogs and sites like FR are best when they analyze evidence (the forged memo that took down Dan Rather) and publicize facts that the mainstream media won't cover. The leftist opinions of Kos and his cultists don't matter, except to the extent that they reflect the opinions of Democratic primary voters. But blogs are the wagging tail, the Democratic base is the yellow dog.