...By the way, Senator McCain, it's so wonderful to see you coming back into the Republican fold. I have a summer house in South Carolina; look me up when you go to speak at Bob Jones University. So glad you've seen the light, sir.

And here I thought he was joking...

Who doesn't like the blogosphere and why? Let's take a quick inventory...

The MSM doesn't like the BOS because it usurps their control of information and opinion.

Establishment pols don't like it because it usurps their control of the political process.

Telcos don't dislike it so much as they want to possess and squeeze every drop of money from it.

These are the three powers with the most to gain from undermining internet freedom and access. Attacking and discrediting its users is their most effective method of convincing the non-cyber community of why it needs to be under their "responsible" control.

Has the blogosphere grown large enough to defend itself from their predations -- or will we be talking ten years from now about the long lost "Golden Age" of the internet?

All I know is that internet freedom has for me become one of the issues which takes precedence. Because if once we lose it, we'll never get it back.

Move on?

I would hope he would have more then 5 to 10%. The guy is generating a buzz nationally. Are our feelings different then the activists in Connecticut?

I'm the founder of Stop John McCain 2008 and I am always looking for more co-bloggers.

I have one already, and he is an awesome partner, but we could really use some more help.

So much McCain hypocrisy, so little time.

"Bush may well not last out his second term."

I like to kid my Bushitter antagonists on other blogs that Bush's approval is dropping so fast that his own GOP Congress may impeach him before the election to get in good with voters.

(A few weeks back I predicted that his JAR would drop into the 20s on July 13 -- I misoverestimated him. Now I'm revising it to him being in the TEENS by that date what with this latest BigBrotherGate scandal emerging and Rove about to be indicted.)

"So much McCain hypocrisy, so little time."

One will always come up short trying to understand the ordinary Gooper mindset, but I don't think McCain is liked at all by your average Con (go to any biparty blog and say something bad about him and they never spring to his defense.) He sure didn't do very well in that Memphis straw poll after having had 4 years to get ready for it.

I also don't think that the Bush Cartel wants anyone with a chance of winning to get the nomination in 2008. They'll want a eight ball candidate who will lose and set up the table for Jeb in '12 or '16 -- just as Dole in '96 was a setup for Bushboy and Kerry was a setup for Hillary. Whoever gets the GOP nomination will do so only with the BushCo stamp of approval.

Um, 5-10%, are you serious? I've been working on the campaign for a while now, and it seems he's doing a lot better than that, even gathering the full endorsement of several large towns. I predict he'll get on the ballot at the convention.

If he only gets 5-10% of the delegates, is he really a viable candidate?  Or is that convention that unrepresentative of the state's Democratic voters?

I think he'll get on the ballot at the convention.  It seems like the big city machines are in Lieberman's camp, but the more independent towns are where Lamont will get his support from.