Washington Post reports on Obama’s fall through the blogosphere in “Not such a hit in the Battling Blogosphere.“

Their survey reveals blog layers that mirror Obama’s voting record and avoidance of specific issues on network debates. Obama is seen as kissing up to Republicans, he does not represent the democratic core’s attempt to define their party. Its George W. Bush deja vu.

Blogging on Obama:

“I don’t want to go into the next election starting off with half the country already not wanting to vote for Democrats. We’ve done that in 2004, 2000.”
–Markos Moulitsas Z¿niga, Daily Kos founder, on Obama campaign’s “right-wing talking point” see Daily Kos: Obama caves to Bush

“Obama doesn’t fit our style. He’s not combative. He’s not aggressive. He doesn’t talk about Republicans the way you’d hope he would…”–
Dean Barker, Blue Hampshire A progressive online community for the Granite State