January 13, 2006

The Blogosphere Jumps Into The Election

Last week On Call speculated about whether the GOP leadership elections could "inflame a Miers-like trigger point in the ligaments connecting GOP bloggers to the party establishment," and as of this afternoon, that might be happening.

Late this a.m., as covered in the expanded online edition of today's Blogometer, a wide-ranging group of prominent right-leaning bloggers organized themselves under the auspices of The Truth Laid Bear to release a group statement about the direction of the House GOP caucus: An Appeal from Center-Right Bloggers. "It reads in part: "We are bloggers with boatloads of opinions, and none of us come close to agreeing with any other one of us all of the time. But we do agree on this: The new leadership in the House of Representatives needs to be thoroughly and transparently free of the taint of the Jack Abramoff scandals, and beyond that, of undue influence of K Street. We are not naive about lobbying, and we know it can and has in fact advanced crucial issues and has often served to inform rather than simply influence Members. But we are certain that the public is disgusted with excess and with privilege."

The letter does not explicitly make an endorsement, but only mentions one maj. leader candidate by name: "As for the Republican leadership elections, we hope to see more candidates who will support these goals, and we therefore welcome the entry of Congressman John Shadegg to the race for Majority Leader."

N.Z. Bear -- who also organized last fall's PorkBusters effort, of which this can be seen as a part -- also says he has spoken with Shadegg spokesperson Mike Steel about the possibility of a blogger conf. call, and the idea is on the table.

Bloggers in agreement with the released statement are encouraged to add their names at TTLB; the full list of initial signatories is listed below the jump.

[WILLIAM BEUTLER]

N.Z. Bear, The Truth Laid Bear; Hugh Hewitt, HughHewitt.com; Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.com; Kevin Aylward, Wizbang!; La Shawn Barber, La Shawn Barber's Corner; Beth, MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy; Lorie Byrd, Polipundit; Jeff Goldstein, Protein Wisdom; John Hawkins, Right Wing News; John Hinderaker, Power Line; Jon Henke / McQ / Dale Franks, QandO; James Joyner, Outside The Beltway; Mike Krempasky, Redstate.org; Michelle Malkin, MichelleMalkin.com; Ed Morrissey, Captain's Quarters; Scott Ott, Scrappleface; John Donovan / Bill Tuttle, Castle Argghhh!!!

Posted at 03:23 PM

Comments

This is a great idea, it will be interesting to see how many folks sign on to it.

Crazy Politico | 01.13.06 06:12 PM

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