[crossroads] blogosphere meets politisphere

So the Yearly Kos Convention has taken place and the Democratic big guns were all there. Does this mean the blogosphere is indeed packing a punch in the political sphere? The Boston Globe reports:

The "Netroots," as the progressive blogging community has dubbed itself, has in only a couple of years become a major force in electoral politics, able to influence what gets covered in the media, raise money, and whip up partisan outrage.

The Netroots helped the Democrats take back Congress last year. Yet the presidential candidate they championed in 2004, Howard Dean, failed miserably. And their antiwar candidate for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont, lost last fall even after defeating longtime incumbent Joseph Lieberman in the Democratic primary.

In Britain, the closest anyone has got to influence was the Guido debacle, although 18 Doughty Street certainly has its moments.

Hard to know how much influence we have. We certainly see that others think like us - other bloggers, that is.