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All of a sudden, bloggers are everywhere - overrunning the political conventions, breaking stories like the "60 Minutes" scandal. On the day after the election, we'll ask if they're journalists...or something else and explore how much influence they had on the race for the White House. Philadelphia is a blogging hotbed. And on Nov. 3, we'll have a lively Q and A with several of them, including Atrios (a Center City economist named Duncan Black), whose blog called Eschaton gets over 100,000 hits a day and is one of the most popular political sites on the Web; James M. Capozzola of the influential Philadelphia blog, the Rittenhouse Review, and former Delco journalist and Suburban Guerrilla Susie Madrak, whose anger at the Bush White House sent her into the blogosphere. Will Bunch of the Daily News, who started blogging in late August with his site currently called Campaign Extra!, will be the moderator.
7:30 at the Pen and Pencil Club, 1522 Latimer.
We can either talk about how lefty blogs propelled Kerry to an overwhelming win, or about how the DNC has failed us yet again. Or, if there's no definitive outcome tomorrow we can have a mass suicide event.
...oh, and regarding Tuesday's Drinking Liberally -- as far as I can tell the organizers and many of the regulars will be involved in election day activities (seems like most of the people who come are lawyers and so a lot of people will be offering legal help, etc...). I personally will be home babysitting the blog or out surveying the scene (and definitely home once the polls start closing). If there are a bunch of Philadelphia area folks who wish to congregate at Ten Stone tomorrow feel free...