But can bloggers carry a unified message, or should they? It seems to me there are an awful lot of opinions even among the lefty bloggers, except for wanting the Dems to win in '06 and '08. And if they did coalesce around a central message and regularly check in with Harry Reid (one of the speakers) and company, wouldn't they give up the very maverick quality and independent nature that makes them fun to read?

Howie Kurtz, asking the questions that no one else will. Because they are stupid questions.

But can bloggers carry a unified message, or should they?

Who is asking them to? Who is asking whether they should or not? Based on my own regular reading, only Kurtz is.

Blogs are soapboxes, and open forums, and echo chambers, and networking tools, and expert opinions, and inexpert opinions, and kitten pictures, and plain old meanspirited mockery. Not to mention crackpots and rage peddlers.

And if they did coalesce around a central message and regularly check in with Harry Reid (one of the speakers) and company, wouldn't they give up the very maverick quality and independent nature that makes them fun to read?

And if they did all jump in the lake, wouldn't they all get wet? Why, yes Howie! Yes they would!

But again, who is asking bloggers to become a parrot chorus? Besides Kurtz, that is.