Lorie Byrd has left Polipundit over a dispute in the editorial policy of the group blog:

The fact is that I believe this is the last time I will be blogging at Polipundit.

I received a lengthy email from Polipundit tonight alerting us to an editorial policy change that included the following: "From now on, every blogger at PoliPundit.com will either agree with me completely on the immigration issue, or not blog at PoliPundit.com." I would provide additional context, but Polipundit has asked that the contents of our emails not be disclosed publicly and I think that is a fair request. There has been plenty written in the posts over the past week alone to let readers figure out what happened. Polipundit ended a later email with this: "It's over. The group-blogging experiment was nice while it lasted, but we have different priorities now. It's time to go our own separate ways."

Anyone who has read Polipundit's blog over the last few days has understood that immigration had divided the writers. A group blog can have its own unique stresses under any circumstances, but when the lead blogger has as much invested in a single policy issue as Polipundit does, it must be very difficult to resolve equitably. Reverting back to a single voice probably makes the most sense in the long run for that blog.

Lorie will blog independently at Byrd Droppings for a while until she finds another group-blog situation. In the meantime, we'll look forward to her efforts on her own -- and maybe she'll decide that solo is the best way to go. Drop by and give her some encouragement.

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