The Washington Post story on Hillary Clinton’s rivals attacking her on terrorism (”Clinton’s Democratic Rivals Denounce Terrorism Remark”) has us asking: Which rivals?

The answer: Primarily liberal bloggers.

It’s another concrete example of the major mainstream media taking its cues — and reporting — from the blogosphere.

Here’s the critical — and lengthly — section:

Clinton took an immediate hit online. Left-leaning bloggers accused her of conceding a key Republican talking point without a fight and blithely accepting a Karl Rove-like framing of the terrorism debate. A Democratic candidate, bloggers argued, should be able to confidently make the case that another terrorist attack might suggest mistakes in the approach to fighting terrorism embraced by President Bush and the GOP, instead of accepting the assumption that any threat to national security causes voters to flock to Republicans. Since Republicans are claiming an edge because there have not been attacks since Sept. 11, 2001, it seems illogical, bloggers argued, to say that the GOP would gain if there were another attack.

Tough to imagine how these political stories get written anymore without blogs.