Posted on 07/02/2009 9:46:05 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
Through an arraignment from the folks At Wikio Yidwithlid was able to obtain the July Rankings for Political Blogs a few days before they are released (7/5). See Below.
Huffington kept the top position but NRO's the Corner was able to move up one spot to number 2. One of my favorite blogs, Hot AIR moved into the top ten (although personally I think it should be a bit higher). Others moving up are some other Sammy Favorites such as Gateway Pundit and Newsbusters
For those of the Liberal Persuasion Fivethirtyeight moved up to the top ten possibly taking readership from the Daily Kos which dropped down 4 spots.
Other notable leaps forward include Americablog (from 35 to 22), Wonkette (from 70 to 31) and The Blog from the Weekly Standard which moved from 139th to 37th, continuing its meteoric rise that coincided with the the hiring of blogging superstar Mary Katharine Ham.
My Mother's favorite blog, Yidwithlid, moved up one spot to 75.
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I am surprised Ann Althouse is not on the list. Almost every post is a guaranteed foodfight between liberals, libertarians and conservatives. Some of the regular trolls are annoying; some are occasionally funny.
It doesn’t really have the informative nature of Free Republic, but it is more amusing.
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