Hot Air and Powerline are similar in that they both cater to an audience that is fairly conservative or libertarian. Topics on the blogs range from politics to world events to culture and sports. Both blogs assume that the reader has a certain foreknowledge of basic politics and events.
Powerline is "powered" by lawyers, one from Washington DC and two from Minnesota. The lawyers from Minnesota feel that they are a conservative minority in a historically progressive state. The writers attempt to cover stories that they perceive are not being covered by the main stream media as well as they would like. For instance, Powerline has been covering the United Nations even when the stories have not been covered very much on main stream news sources. The writing is very analytical and thoughtful. Even the blog design is not very flashy.
Hot Air was founded by Michelle Malkin and is written by professional Internet writers/journalists like Ed Morrissey and AllahPundit (an anonymous writer). On this site, there are not only blogs posts but links to selected stories on other sites like the NY Times and the Washington Examiner. They also have links to other blogs. There is a lively mood in the design and the writing. Their aim is to provide a different source of commentary and add to the diversity of the blogging world. Lately, Hot Air has been covering the ACORN scandals when main stream news sources have not been covering the story as thoroughly.
Both blogs are similar in that they share a similar audience, but they present their blogs from different perspectives, moods, and purposes.
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