Speaking of old media

The NY Times has an article in the Sunday edition titled “Democrats urge Kerry to turn up intensity of campaign.” I could not stop chuckling at the article for the simple fact that almost every part of it was conventional wisdom among the blogs, four weeks ago.

For example:

And Senator Christopher J. Dodd, an influential Democrat from Connecticut, said his party's standard-bearer had "a very confused message in August, and the Republicans had a very clear and concise one."

Mr. Dodd was one of several Democrats who said they now thought Mr. Kerry had made a mistake at his convention in July by talking mainly about his history as a Vietnam War veteran and criticizing Mr. Bush's policies, without offering a vision of what a Kerry term would be like.

Chris Dodd – are you questioning Kerry’s patriotism?

The remarks suggested something of a reassessment by many Democratic leaders who had, almost unanimously, praised Mr. Kerry's convention when he left Boston in July.

Wow. There’s the power, and pitfall, of the liberal media cocoon.