Being what I would consider a left leaning moderate conservative. I sometimes have a difficult time grasping either left or right sided political bloggers. A new documentary entitled Blog Wars aired tonight on The Sundance Channel and will air again on the 30th. It’s actually pretty good and hopefully a few people will understand blogging is about sharing our voice in a new age of media.

In 2004, political bloggers came of age. They propelled Howard Dean from fringe candidate to front-runner. They took on Dan Rather and won. And they charted the course for the “swiftboating” of John Kerry. As the 2006 mid-term elections approached, bloggers were preparing for battle again. Filmmakers James Rogan and Phil Craig’s sharp documentary examines how online democratic activism is shaping important elections by focusing on the decisive Connecticut senate race and Ned Lamont’s challenge to incumbent Joe Lieberman.