I hope my fairly detailed analysis is still valid. RedState went solo on this and thus should not expect palms upon the shoulders, red carpets, and warm ‘dat-a-boys from folks they invited post kick-off.

You’re Sunlight Foundation has trememdous support because you calmly built the infrastructure, the goals, the strategies, the alliances and then let loose on Congress. RS failed to do this.

Hardly. Today a RedState blogger accused the site’s editor of working for the DNC.

When a blogger like myself comes out for someone, we come out without the expectation of getting paid in order to beef up our candidate. We true bloggers, like Mr. Bluey here, are able to look at all the candidates and make a decision without becoming a corporate whore.

And in my case, I’m now fully behind Fred Thompson when he announces.

I’m not sure why that is the case, but it seems to be true. The big right wing sites are not interactive, don’t allow coments. etc. RedState is a Republican Party site first and foremost, and not very friendly to conservatives. By contrast, Kos is a specifically progressive/liberal/left site which exists to allow these people to bring pressure to bear on the Democratic Party. Nothing like this exists on the right.