I'm sure Mrs. Atrios would be the first to tell Jeff Jarvis that I lack the necessary beauty that telegenic pundits such as Robert Novak and Jonah Goldberg possess. I have a feeling Josh Marshall could be okay, as long as we get the scruffy unshaven pissed off looking Josh Marshall from the website and not the rather frustratingly supine (and too well groomed) Josh Marshall we see when he pays that toad Howie Kurtz a visit.
As for radio, Mike Malloy is very good at what he does. Randi Rhodes and Nancy Skinner are also quite good. Malloy doesn't quite have TV down yet, though Nancy is pretty good.
Anyway, the point is there is some talent out there - in media and in existing organizations. It just needs coordination, cultivation, and above all financial support.
The Right has numerous transmitters - people who can sidestep the "mainstream media" and blast stories, talking points, and information out to a mass audience and ensure the rest of the media will dutifully parrot it. And, of course, Fox News as well. The Left doesn't have this at all. This is where Bloggers may play a role. But, even then - if a tree falls in a forest... until the media takes its cues from liberal bloggers, as it currently does from conservative ones to some degree, we can't be very optimistic about the power of our Blogs.
