What's unique about it?

R.G. Ratcliffe, writing in the Texas Politics Blog on ChronBlog, gives us the heads up regarding Dogcanyon a new political blog written by former ChronBlog (and Houston Post) writer turned Anne Richardson campaign manager Glen Smith.

As far as poliblogs go it's pretty standard InterLeft fare, links to all of the major blogs of the Texas InterLeft and most of the major media outlets. It's well designed yet suprisingly poorly written, often relying on juvenile hooks and name-calling to get the point across rather than the erudite arguments one would expect from a political insider. What LaE found most telling was the following snippets, highlighted in Ratcliffe's post:

More importantly, there's a growing gap between voters and political events in Texas. And Texas remains on the minds of people around the country. So, we're going to provide our unique perspectives

From a DogCanyon post:

There’s nothing quite as sad as the spectacle of people wearing teabags on their hats while demanding that their health and the health of their children and neighbors be sacrificed to the gods of insurance industry hellfire.

Tonight, President Barack Obama will speak to the nation, going over their teabagged heads to try and reach the last remnants of a sane America. Meanwhile, Gov. Rick Perry continues to steep his own teabag in the cracked cups of the witless. Try and make us healthier, Perry threatens, and Texas will secede from the Union. We are a self-reliant people, by God, so the Texas Republic’s new President Perry will propose, at market prices, pliers for the poor with toothaches and handsaws for diabetics with foot ulcers.

Well, that's not very unique (especially in Texas) now is it?


Snark aside, welcome to the Texas Blogosphere Mr. Smith.