The manifesto for an RNC tech strategy I mentioned this morning follows a call by one of its signatories, Patrick Ruffini, for a new conservative blogosphere:

Most conservative blogs are still stuck in 2003 -- both in terms of
the overwhelming focus on media criticism and punditry, and the
tendency to outsource electoral politics to the Republican Party...

...Building critical mass behind an independent online movement on the
right will probably require new people. The old blogs that have been
with us since 2003 will not go away. But they'll need to be joined by
people who care more about Indiana's 8th district than Islamofascism,
and MN-SEN more than the MSM.

It's the cultural change on both fronts that will be the big challenge. Open source vs closed is not just a strategic decision, it's a way of thinking, and activism is harder than criticism.