All blog all the time. Please make it stop.
Yeah, but the rest of the press is reporting on other stuff besides the schwag they got at a party and how hard it is to hear what's being said. But the inability of the press to get your URL right is the sort of hard-hitting alternative coverage we've come to expect. And this adds a whole new perspective to the TV coverage of Edwards' speech last night. (Did you know they send out advance copies of the speeches?) All I can say is thank God for Josh Marshall.
The Republicans may have already noticed the paucity of blogging coverage, since they skipped the application process and just sent invitations. (Anyone know if the invitees are listed anywhere?) Based on what I've seen from the majority of convention bloggers so far I wouldn't credential them to cover a school board meeting, let alone a national convention. I can see it now:
"There's no wi-fi in here. Jesus, school board meetings are boring. I don't have any kids, why should I have to listen to this?"
What it comes down to is this. So far, the convention blogging reality is lagging far far behind the convention blogger hype machine. I'm not seeing anything that justifies the kind of "blog triumphalism" (in Josh Marshall's phrase) which seems to be the main focus of the convention coverage from certain quarters. At the moment, TV and print is a much better bet for information.