Bush Flak Speaks
06 December 2007 12:07 am by Taylor Marsh
The wingnuts won’t like this at all. As one of those very blogs puts it Dan
Bartlett Burns a Bridge:
Because the print edition of the Post has more of an impact?
Because Balz is on multiple platforms. He’s booked more easily on television.
He’s read by more people. He influences people a bit more. Now, the
question might not be as much Chris versus Dan as maybe, “Is it Dan
Balz or one of the guys at [the conservative blog] Power Line?”Yeah, or what if [conservative blogger] Hugh Hewitt called?
That’s when you start going, “Hmm . . .” Because they do
reach people who are influential.Well, they reach the president’s base.
That’s what I mean by influential. I mean, talk about a direct IV into
the vein of your support. It’s a very efficient way to communicate.
They regurgitate exactly and put up on their blogs what you said to them.
It is something that we’ve cultivated and have really tried to put quite
a bit of focus on.
Hugh Hewitt is a “direct IV into the vein of your support,” which
means that Hugh may have Townhall.com, but what he also does is wingnut radio. That’s the big ticket for Bush. You couldn’t possibly pass up an opportunity to pander to that crowd, now can you. As for the blogs in
general, “one of the guys at Power Line” will be crushed. Hinderaker has a very high opinion of himself, as I found out during BlogwWorld. This is a hoot.
