The only way FITSNews is on its toes is trying peer into a starlet's bedroom window.

Anaconda offers Scoop Doggy some faint praise over the latter's blog redesign. Some favorable comment is probably deserved given how much TPS cribs FITSNews' format:

As much as we spar with the Palmetto Scoop from time-to-time, we’re honestly glad for some semblance of competition here in the S.C. political blogosphere.

After all, we’re sure as hell not going to get it from those raving lunatics over at SC Hotline.

So props to Adam Fogle & Co. (a.k.a. Richard Quinn & Associates) for keeping us on our toes by unveiling Scoop 2.0 today.

It’s actually a decent looking upgrade to the site … and we’re not even going to say “for us to poop on.”

Or at least we’re not going to say it twice.

The "some semblance of competition" part give Waldo a fit of giggles. For all its failings BlogNetNews' ratings system is the best comparative rating the SC blogdom has, and, as is usually the case, FITSNews was nowhere to be found in its conservative influence ratings:

Conservative Influence

Measures the impact that right-leaning blogs have on the conversation among right-leaning blogs. Blogs that score higher on the conservative influence measure than they do on the "Official" measure may have fewer posts the other side considers controversial or simply discuss issues of more interest within the conservative community than to a wider audience.

Rank	Blog	Prev
1	SUNLIT UPLANDS	2
2	The Palmetto Scoop	3
3	Wesley Donehue	5
4	New Wars	4
5	The Cotton Boll Conspiracy	1
6	Eye of Polyphemus	7
7	Voting Under the Influence	8
8	S.C. Real Estate News	5
8	Cedar Posts and Barbwire Fences	9
10	Walk-On Legislator	10

And on BNN's rolling 12 week average influence ratings- well, Willie's got more competition for ideas than he lets on:

Average Influence

This measure tracks each blog over the last twelve weeks in a rolling average, producing a more stable measure of influence that reflects a blogs longer-term impact on the blogospheric conversation rather than the "Official" single week results which can be influenced by a few really good or really controversial posts.

Rank	Blog	Prev
1	SUNLIT UPLANDS	1
2	The Palmetto Scoop	2
3	Waldo Lydecker's Journal.	3
4	FITSNews For Now	6
5	Indigo Journal	4
6	New Wars	5
7	The Voice for School Choice	10
8	S.C. Real Estate News	9
9	Leonardo's Notebook By Mattheus Mei	7
10	The Blogland of Earl Capps	8
11	Patrick's Place	11
12	Press Time	13
13	The Politics of Jamie Sanderson	15
14	Voting Under the Influence	14
15	Eye of Polyphemus	12
16	The Cotton Boll Conspiracy	20
17	The Conservativist	18
18	Wesley Donehue	17
19	Cedar Posts and Barbwire Fences	19
20	Snead: Live and Uncut	16

Granted, he's traffic king among people who also insist they read Playboy for the interviews.

And he's got the "Penis" mention count down by a mile.