Peter Daou doesn’t write as much as others in the blogosphere, but he pretty much always nails it when he does.

In today’s entry, he writes…

If I have one overriding concern, it’s that Bush’s ever-sinking poll numbers will lull progressives into overlooking the media problem. Complacency in the face of this issue will undoubtedly lead to ballot box disasters in 2006 and 2008.

We can’t ever forget how much power the media has in shaping conventional wisdom.

And if Democrats/Progressives don’t learn to aggressively shape the media narrative - or to even acknowledge that they currently don’t - we will certainly fail to capture this opportunity to reclaim at least a bit of sanity in American political life.