The real worry for the netroots is that Obama is undermining their particular blend of online politics. He has taken the parts of netroots politics that he likes (online organizing and fundraising), while dumping the parts that he doesn’t (a strongly confrontational politics and emphasis on bottom-up decision making). There isn’t much room for the netroots and vigorous online partisanship in Obama’s plans for the future of the Democratic Party.
That’s one interesting excerpt from Henry’s review of two books on the netroots. Much more is here.
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Maybe not in Obama’s plan for the Democratic Party, but this doesn’t mean they can’t get a second foot in the door. That is, the netroots could have more clout with certain members of Congress if what Joe Sestak is alleged to have committed to — a “netroots caucus,” at least in the House — actually becomes reality #see http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/madrak-challenges-sestak-netroots-wil#.
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