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A Difference of Opinion: Not Every Top Blog "Has Had It" With Hillary

John Aravosis at AmericaBlog writes that every top blog "has had it with Clinton". That is patently false, whichever way you slice it.

One example: MyDD, which has more traffic than AmericaBlog.

In fact, out of the top trafficked liberal blogs, only Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, and America Blog favor Obama over Clinton. Huffington Post as a news source seems to editorially favor Obama, but its multitude of bloggers can't be pigeonholed so easily.

Most of the top bloggers writing about the elections are not taking sides: Crooks and Liars, Atrios, Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, Digby.

These blogs will vote for whoever the Democratic nominee is. They have not "had it" with Hillary. Just as TalkLeft, which favors Hillary over Obama, will vote for Obama if he's the nominee. Democrats don't give up on each other.

Perhaps John has caught a bit of Obama's sense of hyperbole. Here are the top liberal blogs that write about the elections and weekly page view numbers, from the Liberal Blog Adverstising Network:

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Open Thread

By Big Tent Democrat

Tiger is 9 back at Augusta. Mickleson is tied for 3rd, 3 back. Less prominent players Immelman and Snedeker at the top of the board.

This is an Open thread.

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Evening Open Thread

By Big Tent Democrat

Now you have a place where you can post your unrelated thoughts. Frankly, I am fed up with all the off topic commenting in my posts at least. J may not mind. I know I do. Stop it.

This is an Open thread.

Update (TL): I'll be posting new items later this evening. Big Tent says he'll be back tomorrow.

Update: Thread now closed.

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AP-Ipsos Poll: Tight Races In Dem Contest And GE

By Big Tent Democrat

This is a perfectly meaningless poll imo and I offer it only to give you something to talk about. I have nothing to say about it.

An AP-Ipsos poll taken in late February had Obama leading McCain 51-41 percent. The current survey, conducted April 7-9, had them at 45 percent each. McCain leads Obama among men, whites, Southerners, married women and independents.

Clinton led McCain, 48-43 percent, in February. The latest survey showed [Clinton] with 48 percent support to McCain's 45 percent.

[T]he Democratic contest is unchanged from February with Obama at 46 percent and Clinton at 43 percent.

(Emphasis mine.) Ho hum as far as I am concerned.

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Open Thread

By Big Tent Democrat

For those not thoroughly fascinated with the ins and outs of Puerto Rico politics and the June 1 primary, here is an Open Thread.

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Double Standards Again

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

The most galling aspect of what I have seen happen to the so-called progressive blogs is the shameless hypocrisy. More . . .

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Tuesday Open Thread

I'm sure there's lots of news today, but I won't be around to write about it for several hours, so here's a place for you to fill us all in with what's going on and your thoughts.

As always, please keep it civil.

NOTE - Comments closed.

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More "Progressive" Blogger Sexism

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

Shakes calls out Josh Marshall:

Hillary Sexism Watch: Castrating B*tch Edition

Part Seventy-Six in an Ongoing Series. (Previous parts linked at end of post.)

Are you f[ra]king kidding me, Josh Marshall? Because I quite honestly can't believe that a person who identifies as a progressive and has two brain cells still knocking together doesn't understand why it's problematic, to put it charitably, to frame Hillary Clinton pushing her male chief strategist from power as "gelding" him.

There are no more fewer progressives in the "progressive" blogosphere than previously thought. I hope Shakes is not holding her breath waiting for her blogging "buds" to step up and criticize Josh Marshall? Never will happen. Don't wonder too much why defending David Shuster by misstating what Hillary Clinton had said was such an important cause for TPM.

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Sunday Afternoon Open Thread

The weather's too nice in Denver to stay indoors. For those of you online, if you've got something to say, here's a place. As always, please keep it civil.

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Donna Brazile's DisUnity Schtick

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

I just ran across this story about how Donna Brazile continues her seeming drive to beat Speaker Pelosi for the "most divisive Dem" prize:

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Blog Funnies

By Big Tent Democrat

I do not link enough to Bob Somerby. I thought this was pretty funny:

This week, we emitted a low, mordant chuckle at one part of this David Sirota piece, to which we’d been linked by the person who has kidnapped Josh Marshall.

Some days I feel like the entire Left blogosphere has been kidnapped.

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Saturday Open Thread

I'll be out and about today. If you've got something to talk about, here's a place. Please be civil.

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