A new lefty group blog (pardon the redundancy; I don’t know that there’s ever been a lefty soloblog), MN Political Roundtable, rolled out last week.  The blog more or less apes the True North model – like TN, it claims to be based on ideology (if not principles) rather than allegiance to the DFL:

Welcome! Our goal is to respectfully further progressivism and air the moderate to liberal viewpoint. We are not a “Democratic Party” or “DFL” blog, although most (but not all) of us are Democrats.

Now, whenever a leftyblog rolls out, you have to ask yourself – is it going to be:

• a front for some lefty group or another (a la the Minnesoros “Independent”)
• a chromosomal garage  sale like – well, we all know who I’m talking about.
  
• a gathering place for perpetually-enraged Triggers, like Norwegianity,
• something better?

Well, there’s a little promise; among the writers are my old friend Erik Hare, the usually excellent if sometimes excessively victorian-vapour-prone Eric Austin, and the always-wrong-but-frequently-thought-provoking-and-usually-unembarassing Dave Mindeman.

On the other hand, their first “guest blog” post – chock full of preening condescension and “artistic” talent somewhere between Ken Weiner and Swiftee – says “chromosomal garage sale”.

Time’ll tell.

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