# What are some good political blogs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-political-blogs/276057 "2004-11-22T05:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-political-blogs/276057/1 "2004-11-22T05:44:16Z")
From reading some of the posts here, I’ve found myself at various political blogs. Some are interesting and I’d like to read more…but I don’t know of any. I’m looking for Republican _and_ Democratic viewpoints of current news, but I don’t expect to find it in one blog. The more humorous, the better. Same for popularity/number of comments, and the maturity of those making them. And please don’t post any messageboards, I have an abundance of them. But most importantly, **please don’t post any fringe or ultra-paranoid bullshit**. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-political-blogs/276057/2 "2004-11-22T07:22:46Z")
I read [Andrew Sullivan](http://www.andrewsullivan.com), [Overlawyered](http://www.overlawyered.com), [Hit and Run](http://www.reason.com/hitandrun), and [Bartcop](http://www.bartcop.com) . The first is a famously Kerry-coting gay Catholic Republican. The second watches the legal system, from a mostly conservative perspective. The third is a libertarian blog attached to Reason magazine. The fourth is a pretty loopy left-wing site (Bush is compared to Hitler a lot), but they seem to scoop most of the major stories relating to the Iraq War months before the mainstream media does. Lastly, Joe Conason has a solid liberal blog at Salon, but it’s only available to subscribers. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-political-blogs/276057/3 "2004-11-22T07:24:36Z")
Ahem. Kerry-_voting_ ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-political-blogs/276057/4 "2004-11-22T13:23:38Z")
[www.instapundit.com](http://www.instapundit.com) is a good summary hub to other blogs. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-political-blogs/276057/5 "2004-11-22T16:36:06Z")
I’ve always found [The Wonkette](http://www.wonkette.com/) to be amusing. A little on the left, but not fringe. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-political-blogs/276057/6 "2004-11-22T16:48:45Z")
[www.talkingpointsmemo.com](http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com) is fantastic, in my opinion. Great analysis and stories that fly under the radar. Leans moderately left, and is thoroughly grounded in reality (you won’t find any “x is a nazi” arguments). ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-political-blogs/276057/7 "2004-11-22T19:22:31Z")
My daily reading list includes Talking Points Memo, [Tapped](http://www.prospect.org/weblog/), [Political Animal](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/) , and if I have the energy, [The Daily Howler](http://www.dailyhowler.com/).