At YearlyKos, Netroots Come of Age

Clinton strained to mold her meeting back into a controlled event. She was the only candidate to use her staff as a buffer, tapping her Internet director, Peter Daou, to pick questions and bringing three other senior aides onstage, though none of them spoke. She filibustered most of the time, taking more than eleven minutes to answer the first question alone--a simple query about fixing the unpopular No Child Left Behind Act. That softball came from an ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Media
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Blogs
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 6, 2007 - 12:57 PM PDT
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Rory O'Connor
3.3
by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

A good account of the 'coming out' party of the Netroots as Democratic Party powerbrokers

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Kaizar Campwala
4.2
by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

A fairly even-handed perspective on the YearlyKos summit.

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Chris Finnie
4.5
by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

A really interesting look at an event, the participants, and the larger picture it fits in to. I was particularly interested in Melber's comparisons to other groups and how he contrasted with them. I've read several less-formal reports on it. But this struck me as the most comprehensive.

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MARIE MCKIM
4.9
by MARIE MCKIM - Oct. 1, 2008

A fair depiction of what's what from the underbelly of the beast

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