Saturday, July 30, 2005

Center-Right Blogosphere Letting Down OH2?

Some very interesting analysis from MyDD, a liberal blog of some note, about how the center-right side of the blogosphere has pretty much ignored the Schmidt/Hackett race. I'd have to agree. Aside from WMD, NixGuy, Eric Minamyer, VikingSpirit, BizzyBlog, Porkopolis, and Project Logic , have covered the race. But aside from these local blogs, this race has received absolutely zero attention.

What the left-side of the blogosphere does very well is coordinate their efforts, something that the center-right here in Cincinnati is only just now beginning to do. We are behind our lefty friends in this area, and I suspect that it will take some time for us to catch them in the ability to effect races effectively and efficiently. But, we're learning.

MyDD does miss one very important point and that is while MyDD and the lefty blogosphere may be pumping some dollars in to the Hackett campaign, the center-right blogosphere is communicating directly with people that live in the district and will provide actual votes for Jean Schmidt. We'll have to wait a couple of days to find out which is more valuable.

Thanks to MyDD for a few more hits.

7/31 - 1:45AM Update

Mike Harlow over at YankeeRed appears to be yet another local blogger on this race...