DEAN BARNETT: “As far as the blogosphere is concerned, both the left and right blogopsheres have readerships that are puny parts of the electorate. Rush’s and Sean’s audiences are each nearly 50 times the size of the most-read center right blog. But the blogs provide an even earlier alarm system. If we’re going berserk in the blogosphere, the smart politician should take note. . . . The political class would be well advised to remember that the message that so distresses them comes from the people.” READ THE WHOLE THING.