I'd missed this Pew report from a little while back. It's music to my ears, even if the numbers reflect winger blogs as well as liberal ones. Here are some choice parts:

-31% of Americans used the internet during the 2006 campaign to get
political news and information and discuss the races through email.

-Relatively young broadband users say the internet is a more important
political news source than newspapers.

-A new online political elite is emerging as 23% of campaign internet
users became online political activists.

-While most campaign internet users say convenience is a major reason
they use the internet, more than half cite the internet’s breadth of
information and perspectives as a major reason for their online activity.

-Asked of adults: How have you been getting most of your news about the
November elections?
Main source of news
Voted Republican Voted Democratic
All forms of TV 69% 74%
Fox Cable 24% 10%
Local news 22% 25%
ABC Network 11% 13%
NBC Network 10% 14%
CNN Cable 8% 17%
CBS Network 7% 11%
MSNBC Cable 3% 6%
Newspapers 38% 44%
Radio 21% 14%
Internet 17% 17%
Magazines 2% 2%

Sorry about the messy table, I'm bad with those things.There is plenty more, and more to say about this, but let me make some quick points: the Internets are now as popular as CNN, almost as popular as radio, and growing. This is why the media dinosaurs fear us so. Furthermore, those who opinion about the pages of TNR or other "magazines" about politics needs to realize that outside the Beltway, no one really cares what they're saying.