Casey v. Santorum on Meet the Press -- blogosphere reaction
It looks like this would be a good kind of thread to start about many of the debates we cover.
This DailyKos thread has 56 comments on it, many of them are worthy of response. The Red State "thread" demonstrates the fact that there is a much less powerful community blog culture on the Republican side, but it does also link to the Santorum campaign's (not sure if it is official or just a blog of a supporter) liveblog of the debate.
Update [2006-9-3 16:29:10 by Ross Smith]: Santorumblog now has multiple posts on the debate, including the transcript, link to the video, and a reply to the Americablog's one-sided review mentioned below. Heck, they have two different blog round up threads that include links to and excerpts from primarily conservative blogs, but also "middle" and "left" blogs. If we collect the links to such threads and commentary on other blogs, then it would be a useful resource. Plus, there is much food/fuel for our expert commentary in these threads.
Update [2006-9-3 16:12:8 by Ross Smith]:There is now a front page DailyKos thread that echoes the Americablog take:
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, HERE'S THE QUICK & DIRTY: Santorum called George Bush a "terrific president," admitted to sleeping in Pennsylvania just one month a year, reiterated his support for privatizing Social Security, praised Bush's handling of Iraq and insisted there were WMD in Iraq even though the White House has acknowledged there weren't. Casey laid out a new direction, calling for the Iraqis to take the lead on their own security and detailing specific ways for enhancing the U.S. military. He outlined a plan to balance the budget and spoke about the need for Pennsylvania to have a Senator who will hold George Bush accountable for advancing an ineffective agenda.Americablog has video "highlights". The conservative blog take is no less one sided . . .
