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Eastern Shore Political Blogosphere Event
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Ever been to Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland? It's a great place, founded in 1782 in part by George Washington who was on the Board of Visitors and contributed to the school's original endowment.
I've always found George Washington's role with a Maryland college one of the first cases of leading Americans getting beyond their parochial state loyalties. To my knowledge, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and others never did much outside Virginia, but Washington and his aide Alexander Hamilton did much to demonstrate concern for what would eventually become a united country.
Washington College is the venue on Wednesday for an event, "Measuring the Pulse of the Political Blogosphere," at which I'll be speaking.
Others in the program are Matt Stoller of MyDD.com, Robert George of Ragged Thots, and Paul Zummo of Confirm Them. It's a diverse group.
Matt Stoller is one of the nation's leading organizers of younger, liberal, sort-of-grungish political bloggers. Robert George was Newt Gingrich's speech writer and a brilliant guy who continues to be Republican despite kicking his party in the shins regularly on race issues. Paul Zummo has popularized judicial battles and helped to focus public frustration on Democrats who impede judicial confirmations.
The William James Forum sponsored event is open to the public and will take place at 7:30 pm in the Norman James Theatre at Washington College in Chestertown on the Eastern shore.
-- Steve Clemons
Thanks Steve!
Grunge-y. I love it.
That seems a very standard Washington Post-esque mix: 1 Dem/Lib for every 2 GOP/Con.
Maybe it's an east coast thing.
Uhh...Jefferson never did much outside Virginia...aside from the Louisiana Purchase, and the Lewis and Clark expedition, that is....
I don't give Jefferson himself much credit for the Louisiana Purchase -- but as President, you are right -- he expanded significantly the geographic boundaries of the country....but that's different, in my view, from seeding universities outside of his state -- when he was not president. That's what Washington helped to do.
Best,
Steve Clemons
I think that this is a pretty balanced ticket actually. Paul is a conservative who supports the confirmation of Bush's judges. Matt is a liberal who analyzes various political developments. Steve is a Democrat-leaning independent (is that fair, Steve?) and I'm a Republican who critiques his own party and president when appropriate and Democrats as often as time allows !
I hope you are right Robert (if I may call you Robert -- don't mean to be presumptious, I'm just going off your online sig). But if Steve is the moderator, and that seems likely since this is his event, then I think the panel still requires another Dem/Lib to be truly balanced.
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