The Black Republican

According to the LA Times, Democrats are worried that they inadvertantly stumbled into ejecting themselves from a prime source of valuable media airtime. But the thing that grabbed by attention was the contention that the pajama brigade has been taken over by the left.

"This is a real bind for Democrats," said Dan Gerstein, an advisor to one of Imus' favorite regulars, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.). "Talk radio has become primarily the province of the right, and the blogosphere is largely the province of the left. If Imus loses his microphone, there aren't many other venues like it around."

I'd say there's no cause for panic, but Mr. Gerstein might need to have his myopia checked. It's not surprising that an advisor to Joe Lieberman might think that the left owns the blogosphere, since it was his boss's most recent election opponent who was the darling of the sinestrosphere. But it got me thinking, "Have we slacked off?" I was never too much impressed with the idea of stoking my rank at Truth Laid Bear, but a check of the highest linked sites in that system indicates a decided prominence of right-leaning blogs. Not surprising, considering that TTLB is conservative/libertarian itself. On the other hand, a check of the less partisan collective at Technorati (which records 4770 conservative, 5480 liberal, 2759 republican, and 2278 democrat blogs) indicates one-side ownership of the blogosphere is an entirely debatable concept.