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To: Lane3 who wrote (26210)	8/10/2006 10:13:16 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541026

Kos critical of Moore or Marshall critical of Kos? I'll need to back up to say what I mean then. As I see it: 1. Josh Marshall is something of a centrist, sort of left leaning, information addicted blogger. Brookings people regularly post there; he tackles information gathering on issues like which reps favor privatizing social security, what's the latest info on the various extensions of the Abramoff/Cunningham/DeLay scandals, and plans to keep close touch with the various congressional races in the fall. He's not an activist, organizer, wedded to Dem politicians. Has his own point of view and is very informative. A PhD in history with an addiction for politics. 2. Kos is a Dem party activist, thru and thru, who will praise statements by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. You see more demonizing on Kos but, at least in his own posts, not terrible. Unlike Marshall, Kos lets others post to his principle blog, so the views there are not necessarily his own. 3. Moore is much more of an independent, a lefty in the more traditional sense of the word; not a party guy; not an information addict. Going from right to left, if that means anything, Marshall is on the right and Moore on the left. The distance between the two on some issues might be quite large. The ME might be such.