The day of the netroots

The Economist reviews The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics by Matt Bai.

most of the “netroots” (internet grassroots activists) are not, as you might imagine, tech-savvy 20-somethings. They tend to be like Chuck: middle-aged suburbanites alienated from their neighbours. “If college kids wanted to commiserate with someone over the fear and misery of life under Bush, all they had to do was walk across the hall,” notes Mr Bai. “For affluent boomers, there was MoveOn.”