In the Republican debate which no one I’ve talked to watched yesterday Mitt Romney referred to Rudy Giuliani as being “pro-gay-marriage” and he now takes it back saying Rudy is “pro-civil-union”. We can all breath a sigh of relief.

Found via Michelle Malkin:

Photo from Associated Press which reports protests broke out against Senator Barack Obama’s comment that he would “bomb Pakistan” if he had actionable intelligence against al Qaeda.

More info and pictures at Gateway Pundit

A story in the Times Caucus Blog about Nancy Robinson who is a gun-control advocate from Boston and came to the blogging convention YearlyKos seeking support for her issue and Andrew Rasiej who co-founded TechPresident. Robinson found little support from the blogosphere and Rasiej gave her (and the paper) an understanding of why and how to resolve it.

The basic idea? Bloggers are trying to unite the party, avoid the divisiveness over an issue like gun-control and many are gun-owners themselves. Rasiej’s suggestion, start blogging yourself and tie the site into a database of gun-deaths around the country to put a personal face to the issue. Read the article for a recap of the conversation and some thoughts about blogging and lobbying in general.

Found via Wonkette:

“It’s mostly white. More male than female,” says the former high school math and science teacher turned activist. “It’s not very diverse.”

There goes the open secret of the netroots, or those who make up the community of the Internet grass-roots movement.

For all the talk about the increasing influence of this growing group — “We are a community . . . a movement . . . an institution,” Cooper said in a speech Saturday night — what gets scant attention is its demography. While the Huffington Post and Fire Dog Lake, both founded by women, are two of the most widely read blogs, the rock stars are mostly men, and many women bloggers complain of sexism and harassment in the blogosphere.

Read more at: Washington Post

It is an interesting note simply because so many who talk of the online “revolution” talk about it in terms of progressive politics and diversity. Though as someone who is close with the IT & computer science world the majority of the people in those fields are either white males or Asian males. So it is not a surprise to see the blogosphere skewing in one direction. Especially keeping in mind Asian Americans make up a little over 4% of the population. Note African Americans makeup 14% of the population but are grossly underrepresented in the math/science/technology/engineering fields as are woman who actually makeup more than 50% of the population.

(Note to readers, I myself am a white male.)

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