Silent No More? Conservative Books and Blogs on the Rise

[bijou]

Book sales ... blog visits ... tea parties ... town halls ... a national poll ... There is increasing evidence of a shift in the political winds: the nation is swinging right after President Obama's victory last November.

A recent Gallup poll found that people who identify themselves as conservatives now outnumber liberals in every state. And that tilt is reflected in book sales, with three political books by conservative authors listed in the Top 10 New York Times nonfiction bestsellers: "Culture of Corruption" by Michelle Malkin, "Liberty and Tyranny" by Mark R. Levin, and "Catastrophe" by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann.

There are no political books written by liberals on the list.

Some media analysts say it's a sign that the mainstream news media are biased and out of touch, which is driving conservatives to find their information in other forms of media.

But others, including the books' publishers, say it's just a sign of the times -- a reflection of the change of power in Washington. Sales are up, they say, because Democrats control Congress and the White House, and conservatives are frustrated.

"We, frankly, expected to see a rebound in conservative books after Barack Obama's election," said Marjory G. Ross, president and publisher at conservative Regnery Publishing....

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/02/silent-conservative-books-blogs-rise/

[DumbAss Tanker]

There is a lot of truth to it being 'The party out of power' thing, Bijou.  Americans of any stripe are not especially trustful of government, particularly if it's doing things that annoy them.  We all, Left and Right, have a rather contrarian stripe in our political make-up.  It is much easier to take advantage of it to displace an incumbent President than it is to handle it successfully once one gains the office.

[bijou]

There is a lot of truth to it being 'The party out of power' thing, Bijou.  Americans of any stripe are not especially trustful of government, particularly if it's doing things that annoy them.  We all, Left and Right, have a rather contrarian stripe in our political make-up.  It is much easier to take advantage of it to displace an incumbent President than it is to handle it successfully once one gains the office.

Good point, I suppose that it was under Clinton that FreeRepublic came to prominence and DU started as a response to Bush. It is quite hard to cheerlead online as there is little to get ones teeth into.