The intended audience is other conservative people or Republicans. The author, John Hinderaker, is a fairly credible source because he has written about public policy for about 20 years with his former law partner. He graduated from Dartmouth College and the Harvard Law School.
The blog talks about the New York Times and the leaking of the classified documents about the war in Afghanistan. Hinderaker discusses an interview with Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary, regarding the leaking. Hinderaker talks about how Gibbs never asked the New York Times to refrain from publishing about the information. Hinderaker takes a stand to say that Gibbs and the Obama campaign allow that sort of action to occur but mentions that later in the interview, Gibbs states that Obama is against "such law-breaking." Hinderaker agrees with Gibbs' statement, "I think there are certainly better ways to -- to discuss and register one's opposition, rather than putting people in potential harm's way." However, Hinderaker believes that the actions that the Obama administration and other Democrats are showing towards the previous behavior of the New York Times' law breaking during the Bush administration are wrong, and does not blame anyone for not taking the New York Times and other left-leaning agencies seriously when it comes to their concerns about national security leaks.
I agree with Hinderaker, in that the way the information is presented in his blog, it looks as though the Obama administration verbally supports one action and actively supports another. I have hardly read political blogs, however, and find his point of view and thoughts interesting. It is also interesting to read the other opinions and jokes on the blog as well.
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