In the past 2-3 weeks we've seen the introduction of a new Democratic strategist/pundit with the kind of straight talk, clarity, self-assuredness, and spine we'd like to see a lot more of in the MSM:  Cliff Schecter.  While he's been around for a bit (writing for Huffingtonpost and Americablog), I think we can say with confidence that for much of the blogosphere, he made a splash with this appearance.  

In Clinton's interview, with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, what we witnessed was THE gold standard on how Democrats should criticize the MSM when they get the opportunity.  There have been a number of reactions written on this interview here, here, and here.

I don't want to rehash some of the great analysis already out there.  I'd like to speak to the media implications of this interview and why Democrats should follow Clinton's example. I hope this to be the first in an ongoing series analyzing how Democrats should deal with the MSM, why it's so important, and how to get Democrats to change their current behavior with the MSM.

Please join Air America's Rachel Maddow, Citizen One, State Radio, the Laura Thomas Band, DJ Gringo Starr and IAVA member Veterans at the launch of Paul Rieckhoff's powerful new memoir, Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington. All proceeds will go to the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), a group dedicated to issues concering veterans of those two wars.  

The pundits and commentators are feeling a lot of fear at the moment.  The Cohen's, Kleine's, etc of the world no longer dominate the conversation.  They fear the blogs because they can no longer set the agenda and are called on their BS more directly and with facts.