Word: kos
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...Congratulations to Joe Klein for standing up to the left-wing bloggers. We want them to be better than just a mirror image of the right. We don't want anybody to say Daily Kos is as crazy as Rush Limbaugh. Mitch Gart, BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS...
...Kos assumes Bush will negotiate. He may also assume there won't be severe consequences if Congress refuses to authorize funding and the U.S. thoughtlessly skedaddles from Iraq. But even Senators like Obama and Jim Webb, who opposed the war from the start, say the extrication must be careful and must involve far better planning than the Bush-Cheney invasion. Sadly, the left-wing Democrats and Bush are playing the same game-all or nothing-and, even more sadly, the President is destined to win. Congressional Democratic leaders admit privately they'll give Bush his appropriation when the current Kabuki...
...Associated Press interview that perhaps the best course of action was to "keep the President on a shorter leash"-that is, approve funding but limit the funds, forcing Bush to keep coming back for money. This unleashed the ire of Markos Moulitsas Z?niga, proprietor of the Daily Kos blog, who wrote with typical restraint, "What a ridiculous thing to say. Not only is it bad policy, not only is it bad politics, it's also a terrible negotiating approach. Instead of threatening Bush with even more restrictions and daring him to veto funding for the troops out of pique, Barack...
...Edwards's strategy is working for him so far. Obama was once the hero of the liberal blog world, but a poll of more than 20,000 readers on Daily Kos this week showed Edwards and he in a virtual dead-heat, with Edwards leading 26% to 25%. (As Dean learned, wooing the Netroots is complicated; Edwards is also in a controversy over some bloggers he hired.) The crowd at the Democratic National Committee winter meetings clapped continuously during Edwards's speech there, as he repeated his calls for his party to show "courage" in opposing the war. Labor leaders...
...that in addition to having the netroots' support, winning candidates also had the national Democratic party to thank, as it "dumped tons of money, strategic advice, and fundraising assistance into their races." What's the real takeaway? Of the 19 candidates that three of the biggest liberal blogs (Daily Kos, mydd.com and Swing State Project) raised money for, eight of the candidates won. This improves on the blogs' record from 2004, when Daily Kos picked out 16 campaigns to strongly support and raise money for, all of which lost. This cycle, bloggers may have been most strongly linked to Lamont...