Kevin Drum is impressed by the power of blogs to raise political money: "[T]he fact that Atrios has raised $228,000 (so far) for John Kerry is genuinely astonishing. I'm not sure what the future of the blogosphere is, but anyone who can bundle up that kind of dough is a pretty serious player."

He's absolutely right. And while I would be the first to admit that the practice of self-linking is almost always distasteful in principle, Kevin's spot-on post does seem to present an irresistible opportunity for some of us to remind a few of our friends in the business that there was a time, just over three years ago, when some scoffed -- and rather loudly -- as that basic idea was first being suggested to them....

POSTSCRIPT: Yes, I know, many readers won't care for the nice things I had to say about Andrew Sullivan in that piece, but I stand by most of it. Truth is, when he's not being a reckless demagogue, Sullivan can be well worth reading.

POSTSCRIPT 2: And congratulations to Atrios. As Kevin says, that's an astonishing accomplishment.

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