re: #291 Guanxi88

For a nobody, Ayers certainly has a number of very influential people who think rather highly of him.

RSM getting “props” from a buncha mouth-breathing bloggers pales in comparison, and the very fact they need to rush to his defense shows his grip on the party is by no means secure.

Look, Bill Ayers is a dick. Nobody denies that. But he has no real influence on anyone. Not even the left wing blogosphere supports him; I’ve read attacks on Ayers at left wing sites too. He’s a fringe character. You can argue that he still has more influence than he should, and that might be so — but his influence is VERY limited.

On the other hand, the most popular right wing blogs are all linking to and supporting a white supremacist. I think that’s much more damaging than Bill Ayers’ remote connection to Barack Obama, which, frankly, turned out to be a losing strategy in the election.