The problem with the MJ article, as with almost all MSM output, is that it focuses entirely on the conflict instead of the content. The fact is, blogs like dKos, myDD, Firedoglake, Eschaton, etc, have power now because they represent the voices of many angry people. They are angry about the fixation with personality over policy in mainstream politics, and they're angry about the ineptness of the left to counteract the tightly coordinated actions of the far right of the American political spectrum.

I'll not repeat the many ways that this right-wing philosophy has bankrupt our economy, enriched the super-rich, endangered civil rights, and alienated the world. This was all achieved while the mainstream press was either cowed by threats of un-patriotism or distracted by the meaningless lives of celebrities.

Blogs represent the voices of Americans, unfiltered by corporate media. It's messy. But so is democracy.