I was pleasantly surprised to see BlogNetNews.com has ranked Red County/OC Blog as California's Most Influential Political Blog. It's a nice anniversary present as this blog begins its fourth year of publishing.
The entire OC blogosphere was well represented, with Total Buzz taking 3rd, Orange Juice placing 6th, Orange Punch nabbing 7th place and TheLiberalOC coming in at 15. FlashReport's a statewide blog, since Jon Fleischman's an OCer we'll claim FR at #4.
I don't know about other parts of the state, but I'd wager that Orange County has a more vigorous blogosphere than any other California county or region, and I think the BNN rankings reflect that.
Matt, A well deseved recognition. Keep up the good work !!!!!
Posted by: Nick Berardino | June 10, 2007 at 04:38 PM
You should be pleased - but not surprised. Some of the commenters on this board are brilliant.
Posted by: redperegrine | June 10, 2007 at 06:18 PM
Congrats Matt! It is great to see the O.C. so well represented on this list.
Posted by: Art Pedroza | June 10, 2007 at 06:31 PM
Congrats Matt.
Posted by: Jeff Flint | June 10, 2007 at 06:47 PM
That's awesome, Matt! Great job.
Posted by: rebecca | June 10, 2007 at 08:24 PM
Matt, this is the payoff for all your hard work, keep it up!
Posted by: OC_Spock | June 10, 2007 at 08:24 PM
Congrats, you beat some of The Bigs!
Posted by: Pat | June 10, 2007 at 08:57 PM
Congratulations, Matt. You deserve it. You've done some great stuff on this site. Keep up the good work!
And btw... Yippee! Calitics is #5! OJ is # 6! CPR is #10! Lib OC is #14! It's so great to see all my friends on this list. : )
Posted by: Andrew Davey | June 10, 2007 at 09:19 PM
Congrats Matt...and it was good to see you and Laura at the Flag Day Dinner tonight. Talk about a rubber chicken dinner!
Posted by: Quang | June 10, 2007 at 09:39 PM
Props for the award. i confess I start my daily blog check right here.
Posted by: Bladerunner | June 10, 2007 at 10:13 PM
And I end it here...
Congratulations!
All the best,
Chuck DeVore
State Assemblyman, 70th District
www.ChuckDeVore.com
Posted by: Chuck DeVore | June 10, 2007 at 11:37 PM
Congrats!
Posted by: Gustavo Arellano | June 11, 2007 at 06:13 AM
Well deserved and hard earned! You are a good man, sir.
Posted by: Long-time politico | June 11, 2007 at 07:21 AM
Matt,
Congratulations. You have been direct and objective in your comments/blogs. Keep up your good work.
Posted by: Trung Nguyen | June 11, 2007 at 08:55 AM
Matt,
Congratulations, you are doing a great job.
Well deserved!!!
Best regards,
Posted by: tomtucker | June 11, 2007 at 01:20 PM
Jubal, out of idle curiosity, whatever happened to:
Roscoe
OC Dutch
Publius
El Pistolero
Kahuna;
and what abbout "Lurk"?
Posted by: redperegrine | June 11, 2007 at 04:20 PM
Matt.
Let me join the list of those who have congratulated you for this achievement. We both know how much work is required to keep up with all of the relevant stories that generate so much activity on the blogs.
Best regards to you and your entire blog family. As I often state. There is no "I" in the word 'team."
Larry Gilbert
Posted by: larry gilbert | June 11, 2007 at 04:33 PM
RP:
Old bloggers never die, they just fade away...
Posted by: Jubal | June 11, 2007 at 04:49 PM
Let me add my contrats, too. The Red County/OC Blog is consistently a good read, although I occasionally find myself slipping off the right side of my chair trying to follow the dialogue. When that happens I just read some of the others mentioned on the list and I get snapped right back to center - more or less. Good job to all of you who drive the dialogue here. You're a terrific source of good info with a whole lot less vitriol than other sites.
Posted by: The Pot Stirrer | June 11, 2007 at 04:59 PM
Congratulations!
This blog does 2 things very well;
First, it is wonderfully organized, it is so easy to target in on a thread or just feast on the special of the day.
Second, it is the best of the blogs that also act as a portal to the other blogs, many of them listed in the same report.
It is hard work to make a blog look easy, you do a great job!
Posted by: just...asking | June 11, 2007 at 05:37 PM
Thanks, just...asking.
And you reminded me that I forgot to hyperlink the other blogs in the post.
Posted by: Jubal | June 11, 2007 at 05:52 PM
Congrats on the listing Matt and thanks for permitting open debate on the site.
Posted by: Dan Chmielewski | June 11, 2007 at 06:11 PM
To: "Some blogs happy to be rated 6th."
I thought this post was to acknowlege that OC Blog/Red County came in first in this poll. To introduce garbage by interjecting comments about another Orange County blog takes away from the positive threads of Matt's post and is without class. No wonder you choose to hide behind a garbage can and remain anonymous.
Although I write for another blog I did acknowledge Matt and his team effort without pumping up the blog that I am affiliated with. Don't rain on Matt's award with useless trash.
Larry Gilbert. Yes, that's my real name.
Posted by: larry gilbert | June 12, 2007 at 10:35 PM
4:16,
I am quite happy to see my blog come out ahead of many very major league blogs. As Matt knows, running a blog is a lot of work. I am gratified that so many people find their way to the Orange Juice!
It is of course a massive achievement for Red County/OC Blog to come in first. Matt and his team have much to be proud of.
Posted by: Art Pedroza | June 13, 2007 at 12:49 AM
Matt,
You have provided me a place to garner insight into politics and participate in educated and provoking discussions. It is no wonder you have been ranked as #1. It is recognition for what many here already know.
You and your team is greatly appreciated!
Richard Rios
Posted by: Richard Rios | June 13, 2007 at 01:04 AM