Pandagon points out the painful truth about political blogging...

Pandagon: Talk But Don't Do, Do But Don't Listen:

On the one hand, the blogs are packed with people who talk politics, not do it. You really don't see to many of our number running for office, working in politics, applying for positions on campaigns (now, you certainly see some of us doing that, just not too many) or otherwise entering areas where the aggregate ideas and theories the blogosphere comes up with can be put into play. On the other hand, you have a party establishment that sees the blogs as a fundraising resource full of enthusiastic armchair quarterbacks who are to be courted but not listened to. So the advice reaches those who won't do anything with it (isn't Digby smart!) and misses those who might put it into practice.

I know this is against blogging code, but I have no solutions. Any ideas?

I think I have some ideas about this, but they're not formulated coherently yet so will have to wait for another post.