Another blogging conspiracy?

I've been thinking that the silliest part of the Kos v. TNR dustup is the notion that there are a bunch of lefty bloggers just waiting for marching orders from Markos. Actually, if you pick your spots and do it right, Kos bashing can be a real traffic builder. It's not the viewer goldmine that Dean bashing was back in the glory days, but there's always been a regular chant of "You're not the boss of me" directed at Kos and, well, anyone who shows the slightest glimmer of asserting leadership in the blogosphere (even when they're as determinably self-effacing as Kos in the attempt).

I was thinking that, until I noticed the behavior of some upper lefty bloggers in relation to our home-grown uber-blogger. For instance, just last night Goldy asked Darryl from Hominid Views to come on the radio with him, and Darryl dutifully followed the leader onto the air. Once in the KIRO studio, Goldy told people to call in and talk to him, and sure enough, there was Will from Pike Place Politics, calling in per the Goldian dictate.

Will brought up a subject that prompted Goldy to advise Darryl to respost a link at Hominid Views, and sure enough, Darryl did it!

Now I'm writing about all of them, which is probably just what Goldy wants. There's just no escape...

(Come to think of it, isn't it kind of funny how the typically omnipresent Carl, he of the secret identity that is known only to those who've bothered to find out, has kept himself out of all this? Curiouser and curiouser…)