Some election follow-up

A very interesting phenomenon is going on with the conservative new media, post-election. They're using the momentum gathered in the election to push for another big goal -- keeping Arlen Specter, the Republican that conservatives love to loathe, from becoming Senate Judiciary Committee chairman. In fact, I've rarely seen them push so hard for anything. Kathryn Lopez at NRO is leading the charge (check out the posts from Friday, Nov. 5, in particular), and websites have suddenly sprung up dedicated completely to this one cause (see here). According to NRO -- and they're generally pretty accurate -- phones on the Hill have been ringing off the hook. (I did some e-mailing myself.) It will be fascinating to see if this really works -- just one more example of how much power the new media really wields.