Politics Blogged Now-The Issues

Political events that make history, in the modern United States, are framed and created by the MSM and talking heads. Recently, there has also been a great force from what is now known as the Blogosphere. However, this is the first time a Supreme Court justice has been debated with the internet as a super force in opinion and dissent. Instead of giving out my own opinion of Mr. Roberts I am going to try to show both sides of the debate and the results because of these factors, specifically when it comes down to the vote or fillibuster

The Nation, the leading magazine of the left has suprisingly little to say about the aftermath of Bush's Speech in which he nominated Mr. Roberts. (As of 2 hours after the speech) The one blog entry that has appeared is by Peter Rothberg in blog column titled Act Now!. In this article he mentions that Mr. Roberts is a "real-in-your-face selection by the president." His advice for the activist is to keep in touch with two websites Alliance for Justice and People for the American Way. I have found, interestingly enough, that it seem the issue at play will be mostly abortion. --And very possibly Civil Rights in general--This seems very predictable. However, I encountered a debate so far that disputes the claims that Mr. Roberts is a right wing ideologue that won't hold up abortion. This usually sights the 2001 confirmation when Robert says that the issue of abortion is "settled." More or less implying a precedent has all ready been set. In the same article the Washington Post points out that the left has used an article Roberts helped write, showing his disapproval in the Roe court ruling.

In the blog/message boards, The Corner, of the Weekly Standard, bloggers were chiming about the recent news regarding Mr. Roberts. It seems there is a general consensus that he was a smart and strong pick. However, there seems to be a cloud of question. No one really was strikingly bold with reassurance that it would be an easy victory or a hard one. It took 2 hours for a response by anyone at the staff of the Weekly Standard to respond. The short response by William Kristol, the editor, was a happy one, mostly going over the fact that he thought he (Roberts) would be a she.

The issues of Civil rights, specifically women can be affirmed by the very popular liberal blog Daily Kos.

The next days will be exciting for bloggers, political junkies, and news junkies. I look forward to the next response- feel free to comment.

This blog was created as an extension of my personal interest in communication, politics and literature. I am a Media Studies major and hope I can use this Blog as a way to inform and debate the role of communication in politics. Also, I hope to use it as a vehicle to spread information on articles and blogs I enjoy as well as putting out my opinion for debate.

I am writing under the pen name Gjuro.


-Gjuro.

posted by Politics in Motion @ 1:20 AM