Good political blogs?

May 26, 2004 5:31 PM

What are some of the best political blogs currently out there?
posted by rushmc to computers & internet (20 comments total)

I'm assuming you want US-centric political blogs?
posted by Jimbob at 5:36 PM on May 26, 2004

This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow (he has a political comic strip of the same name.)
Has no pretense of unbiasness, but zings everyone.
posted by nelleish at 6:46 PM on May 26, 2004

The Campaign Desk
posted by anastasiav at 6:52 PM on May 26, 2004

WatchBlog
posted by gramcracker at 7:00 PM on May 26, 2004

I like Daily Kos because it has active, commenting lefty patronage like MeFi. http://www.dailykos.com
posted by vito90 at 7:27 PM on May 26, 2004

These might be obvious, but Talking Points Memo, Eschaton and Political Animal (along with Daily Kos) are daily visits for me.
posted by jeffmshaw at 7:30 PM on May 26, 2004

Half blog, half real news source, I like the Washington Post's daily White House Briefing.
posted by smackfu at 7:41 PM on May 26, 2004

MetaFilter.
(I keed... I keed...)
posted by keswick at 7:44 PM on May 26, 2004

for Political news plus some analysis, see the agonist.
posted by daver at 8:34 PM on May 26, 2004

If you have any interest in expanding beyond the political monoculture expressed above, you could do worse than read Asymmetrical Information or Andrew Sullivan.com; Kevin Drum's blog on the Washington Monthly which I will always think of as CalPundit; Daniel Drezner's excellent work; the political component of James Lileks' The Bleat which he claims is not a blog; and the always provocative Mickey Kaus.
posted by mojohand at 9:07 PM on May 26, 2004

Political Wire is a leftist news aggregator.

Being fair and balanced, on the right there's the old standbys of Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Reynolds, as well as the Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal blog.
posted by calwatch at 10:08 PM on May 26, 2004

I can't read talking points memo without also reading instapundit. Both blogs make me mad sometimes, sometimes I agree with the the authors, but honestly I've been a bit disappointed in that both guys seem to have stopped posting as concerned citizens and are often almost parroting their respective party talking points.

I like it when Glenn gets all pro-science and pro-gay marriage, and when Joshua points out stupid things democrat senators have done, but lately those moments have been few and far between.
posted by mathowie at 10:23 PM on May 26, 2004

Pandagon has the funniest blog writing I've seen, and those guys are only about 20.
posted by inksyndicate at 12:41 AM on May 27, 2004

Kim du Toit and Nice Doggie are fascinating in a crazy kinda way. Anyone know of left wing equivalents?
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:43 AM on May 27, 2004

I really love A Tiny Revolution.
posted by lilboo at 8:11 AM on May 27, 2004

Thanks for all the tips!
posted by rushmc at 8:25 AM on May 27, 2004

There's also Tapped, the blog of the American Prospect. One of their writers, Matthew Yglesias, has his own blog.

There are three blogs on TNR's site.
posted by lackutrol at 8:35 AM on May 27, 2004

The Poor Man frequently brings the funny.
posted by furiousthought at 9:15 AM on May 27, 2004

suburban guerrilla seems like she is on top it daily... she's near the top of my list.

south knox bubba drops some science now and then too.
posted by specialk420 at 9:53 AM on May 27, 2004

I'm late to this, and this is a pseudo-self link, but my husband writes The Carpetbagger Report.
posted by evening at 4:31 PM on May 27, 2004