DOES POLITICO ACTUALLY READ LIBERAL BLOGS?….
Following up on the last item, there was something else in that big Politico piece about the president’s fortunes that rankled. John Harris and Jim VandeHei came up with six reasons why President Obama isn’t faring better politically, and the fifth blamed “the liberal echo chamber.” Polls show most self-described liberals still strongly support Obama. But an elite group of commentators on the left — many of whom are unhappy with him and are rewarded with more attention by being critical of a fellow Democrat — has a disproportionate influence on perceptions. The liberal blogosphere grew in response to Bush. But it is still a movement marked by immaturity and impetuousness — unaccustomed to its own side holding power and the responsibilities and choices that come with that. So many liberals seem shocked and dismayed that Obama is governing as a self-protective politician first and a liberal second, even though that is also how he campaigned. The liberal blogs cheer the fact that Stan
