Geraghty says Scarborough is doing a piece on it tonight and Hannity might as well. Maybe one of those guys will have a better chance of forcing the release of the tape?

If anyone has the tape I will gladly distribute it.

Maybe Drudge relies a little too much on sources inside places like CNN to feed him.

i dont think Drudge cares about stepping on toes

I've pretty much given up on Drudge for news nowadays. Rarely does he actually *break* anything, and too often his personal slant leads him to ignore news I want to hear about. He pretty much embargoed the swift vets after the MSM picked up on them. And of course there is this easongate which he is ignoring (though Drudge ran with Eason's mea culpa on cuddling up to Saddam)

Anyone have suggestions for a new start page?

i think we are getting a little paranoid. Does anybody actually think Drudge wouldnt love to kick MSM in the balls again if he could? Thats what he lives for.

i'm also hoping "Best of the Web Today" on Opinionjournal.com weighs in on it soon.

Drudge lives for scandal. I think this is too talking head, he said- she said for Drudge.

Howard: get Bloglines set up and use that as a start page.

I think Drudge needs some visual aids. He doesn't have anything punchy to link to.

Just make Google your homepage.

Where's Rush Limbaugh in all this? Isn't he always hammering the MSM? Why isn't he (or his fill-in) talking about this? Where's Laura Ingraham?

I sent Drudge a shitload of sites/pages/links tonight covering the full spectrum of Jordania. If they read at all, they can't miss all the class players like Reynolds, Morrissey, Hewitt, Simon, Roggio, Geraghty, Powerline, ACE, Investors Business Daily, EASONGATE, etc., etc.

Hell, make it unbearable for 'em and load 'em up!!!!!

Ace--

A theory.

I love Drudge; you can't acknowledge the power of the internet without acknowledging Drudge.

But look what happened last year: Rathergate, the biggest media story of the year, and Drudge repeatedly found himself linking to blogs.

In fact, there were long stretches where Drudge didn't link *anything at all*. At the time I found it odd, but after some thought, I think the only conclusion is that Drudge's ego suffers from a Not Invented Here streak.

His streak is most certainly nowhere near as bad as the NIH streak we've come to expect from the MSM, but still. . . why would the all-powerful Drudge feel compelled to follow the scoops and stories of other bloggers. Doesn't that mean he has to, you know, stoop a bit?

Perhaps Drudge has a story on this in the works. Perhaps he just didn't grasp the story as quickly as others did, and decided he had nothing new to add other than linking another story (remember, all Drudge usually does is link unless he has his own source to quote on a "FLASH!" page).

My bet? Crossed his radar screen, he's behind the curve, he's waiting to find a good time to jump in and comment-- but if that time doesn't arrive, he won't jump in.

Of course, I say this now. . . watch, he'll start posting on it 24/7 starting Wednesday morning ;-).

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Honestly, I think it's because we became the story last time more so than Dan Rather.

If you have ever heard Rush Limbaugh say the word "blog", then you know there are more people uncomfortable with us than just Andrew Heyward. And from what I'm hearing, Hannity appeared to be out of the loop when the subject came up tonight.

It's possible we might have to run this ball a bit farther than last time.

I'm afraid this story just doesn't have legs. Too many people have become accustomed this kind of bullshit from the left and have become inured to it. We've gottn to a point where it seems normal. Only direct action can change this. If we boycotted his employer things would change rapidly and these types would become more careful about what they say in public. Until we boycott this will only continue.

THE RIGHT MUST BOYCOTT!!!