Crashing the States

In the face of seemingly insurmountable Republican dominance, ordinary citizens congregate online forming communities of progressive activists, journalists, and leadership. Two bloggers set out in the middle of one of the most contentious campaigns in American history to see this movement firsthand. In hard fought campaigns across the nation, the blogosphere turns online energy into on-the-ground campaigning, millions of dollars of contributions, and organized movements to empower the candidates it supports against both the Republican machine, and the Democratic establishment. In many primaries, the bloggers make a serious difference in elevating their candidates to victory, including Senate races in VA, MT and especially CT. With better and more capable candidates as the Democratic Party's nominees, and with an ever expanding reach and numbers, the bloggers are able to organize, campaign, and expose the truth more effectively and committedly than the mainstream media and many of the candidates they support are able to defeat deeply entrenched and once unbeatable opponents. Both the House and the Senate return to Democratic hands in a dramatic and convincing victory.