Pretty good "down the middle" story about new media driving conservative communications by Jerry Markson of the Washington Post. Markson highlights Erick Erickson's efforts at RedState, as well as several aspects of social networking, including a pretty good rundown on the tea party movement:Norquist said his group co-sponsored the Feb. 27 rallies after being asked by organizers at his Wednesday breakfast. "We hoped it would catch on," he said.Martin, the Tea Party Patriots coordinator, said organizers "were trying to get some existing organizations to endorse what we were doing. It kind of lent credibility."She acknowledged that may not appear to "jibe" with portrayals of the movement as organic, but pointed out that hundreds of local tea-party groups have since sprung up.Yet the tea party-Beltway nexus continues. Tea-party groups held a health-care town hall meeting at Norquist's offices in June, and Martin said his group, the Heritage...(Read Full Post)