Okay, it’s the second installment in my series of reviews of the top blogs in the TTLB Ecosystem. Michelle Malkin’s blog is right there at the top.

All the posts I saw were written by Michelle. So it’s at least a predominantly one-person blog. After reading a couple posts, it is obvious that Michelle Malkin leans to the right in her politics. An example:

If the MSM and the American public worked up as much outrage over the daily release of criminal illegal aliens from L.A. County jails who go on to commit violent crimes as it did over the release of Paris Hilton, this country wouldn’t be as screwed up as it is

That post is representative of many of the recent posts. There is a lot of writing on illegal immigrants and the corresponding rise in crime. I have to say, though, that all the charts of representatives and their votes were a little distracting. However, I guess if I wanted to know how each person voted, it would be helpful.

But it’s not a one-issue blog. Malkin writes about many political issues. The writing is more reader-friendly than Daily Kos - and definitely less strident and hostile. And Malkin doesn’t blindly follow the Republican line:

If the White House thinks conservatives are going to forget whose bill this was and the tactics the White House used in its failed attempt to ram it through Congress, they better think again.

Like Daily Kos, Malkin writes many posts each day - and she get lots of traffic and comments. Malkin appears to be thoughtful representative of the right side of the political spectrum.

See ya,

Hiya Hazel,

You know when we were talking about blogging the other day, we mentioned looking at some of the big blogs and seeing what they’re up to. Studying people who are successful might help us be better bloggers.

So I looked in the TTLB ecosystem and checked out some of the biggies. I’ll do a series of posts on them. The first is the Daily Kos. He’s right at the top of the ecosystem.

First of all, you can quickly see that the writers lean to the left in their politics. They REALLY don’t have much use for old GW. Here are a couple quotes from today’s posts:

. . . get back to retaking our country from the neanderthals running it into the ground.

The insular nature of the Bush administration is such that we’ve become amazed when they are forced to concede that the sky is blue (for now). We all live with such lowered expectations, that an agreement to talk, with no real concessions at all, is “a big success

Political blogging apparently is popular because Daily Kos has a high volume of traffic and comments along with an abundance of ads, too.

Plus, the Daily Kos folks are prolific writers. So far today there have been eight different posts. I wonder if that’s typical. Of course they have a group of writers. So it’s not like one person is cranking out all that rhetoric alone.

Parts of it were interesting, but the overall tone of the Daily Kos seemed a bit strident and angry - which is too bad. You catch more bees with honey than with vinegar. But you know there’s another old saying that misery loves company. Maybe that accounts for the traffic and number of comments. But personally, I wasn’t very impressed.

I’ll check out a few more of the top blogs in the TTLB Ecosystem and let you know what I think about them. Check back later.

See ya,