Eric Pfeiffer’s “Ground Game,” looks at the emerging stories and ideological debates happening in the blogosphere and the larger world of online politics. The continually evolving web-based grassroots community has become a significant factor in the strategies of both political parties as they attempt to curry the favor of motivated and fiercely independent factions who regularly influence legislation, candidate fundraising numbers and even elections.
We’ll sort through the chatter to give you an in-depth but accessible look at who’s saying what online and just how well some of those arguments hold up under scrutiny.
Bio
Before joining Congressional Quarterly, Mr. Pfeiffer served as a national political reporter for the Washington Times, where he covered Congress, the 2006 midterm-elections and a broad range of political issues.
Previously Mr. Pfeiffer wrote a daily blog, the “Beltway Buzz,” for National Review Online and was a Senior Writer with the National Journal’s Hotline. During that time, Mr. Pfeiffer was the first blogger credentialed to cover a White House press briefing and was first to blog live on location from major news events like the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and the Iraq war protest led by Cindy Sheehan outside President Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch.
He has been blogging for nearly a decade, and in addition to writing for the conservative National Review Online, has also been a contributor to the liberal political satire website Wonkette. Mr. Pfeiffer has written for publications across the political spectrum, including The Weekly Standard, Reason Magazine, Time Magazine, Washington Monthly and the New Republic. He has also appeared to discuss issues of the day on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC and has been interviewed on a number of news radio programs.
Mr. Pfeiffer graduated in 2001 from the University of Oregon with a Bachelors of Science in Journalism.
Contact
Eric Pfeiffer may be contacted at epfeiffer@cq.com