[Political Junkie Too]

As the article hints, the blogs first try to establish bona fides, then they start echoing the MSM push-polls that over-sample Democrats in order to create the impression that public opinion is shifting towards Democrats. It's a psyop to try to get moderates to feel "peer pressure" to swing the other way on the grounds that everyone else seems to think the Democrats are better, so I'll just go along to get along.

When rogue bloggers like this guy upset the plan and expose the players, they have to silence him quickly.

-PJ

[DBrow]

I have books and some government manuals on PR and propaganda. Techniques like peer pressure and using group dynamics work all too well when I'm in a warm hall full of people, or outdoors in a crowd listening to a speaker (or Dave Matthews and Sheryl Crow).

I am not sure the same dynamics work when I'm sitting with my laptop, dog, and pajamas. For me, and I suspect for many others, being presented with a poll and a definitive conclusion like All Moderate Libertarians Support Lieberman makes me want to check out the facts.

There's a new dynamic at work, I hope, one that will lead to more honesty in the flow of information. This example is quite heavy-handed, the "scandal" involving Kos is a bit more subtle, and the effect of Hillary and Kerry hiring leftist "bloggers" to do their online wetwork has yet to be exposed (but I'll work at it).