| Esteemed Phoenix reporter Adam Reilly wonders if Governor Patrick is losing the Netroots. His evidence is two posts today here, one by Charley (nauseated by sister Aloisi's job) and one by David (describing similar indigestion and fulminating about a bundle of other angrifying news from permajobs at the Turnpike Authority to the celebration of Evacuation Day).
Adam backs off a bit farther down ("My title was intentionally hyperbolic"), and no one loves journalism about journalists raggedy-assed bloggers more than me, but let's have a little love for the rest of the Massachusetts blogosphere, which includes the dozens of blogs listed on our blogroll, Secretary Aloisi, and Representative McGovern, among many others. The netroots are a luxuriant web of opinion, evidence, and diatribe with thousands -- millions? -- of strands that nourish the garden of Massachusetts politics [essay your own metaphor in the comments].
I'm going to go apply some cold compresses to Charley and David's heads. It should help with the swelling. We need them fit, rested and ready to implement the next stage of the BMG Media Empire Plan for World Domination.
Separately, Adam sticks up for the Globe against the Dante-quoting Secretary of Transportation. |
