Check out Terra Rossa in today’s National Journal article by Bara Viada. “Bloggin On” highlights the influence of blogs on policy debate. Here’s a clip from the article highlighting Terra Rossa role :
Eskew blogged during the 2004 election and says he found the blogosphere “a good place to be for emerging issues, especially where there’s a gulf between public opinion and officials.” He recruited three other environmental conservatives — Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster; the Rev. Richard Cizik, vice president for government affairs at the National Association of Evangelicals; and William Tucker, a conservative journalist — to write a blog they named Terra Rossa (”Red Earth”) as a nod to the conservative states. The idea was to provide a forum for Republicans to discuss environmental issues.
“The other side of the aisle has bludgeoned people on climate change,” says Eskew, and Terra Rossa gives Republicans a place “where there can be discussion without feeling like they are being bludgeoned” into taking a position.
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December 19th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Oh, and did not know about it. Thanks for the information …