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Eyeing Obama Era, DailyKos Launches Blog to Press Congress
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Prominent writers for DailyKos, the country's top liberal blog, are launching a new site to scrutinize and pressure the Democratic Congress.
This week, as most politicos focus on appointments in the incoming Obama administration, DailyKos bloggers began a "soft launch" for Congress Matters, which promises a "community-based political watch party" for Democrats on Capitol Hill.
"It'll be a place where we'll try to explain Congressional rules and procedure so that the netroots community gets a better handle on it and can become more effective advocates for their priorities," said David Waldman, an attorney and former Congressional aide who blogs on the front page of DailyKos under the name Kagro X.
While netroots activists often call Congress, Waldman explained, "the reality is that by the time a bill gets to the floor, it's almost too late to have any real impact by calling." The new blog will tap DailyKos' audience and brand, he told The Nation, with the aim of "getting people involved earlier in the process, teaching them about committee markups and the amendment process to eventually put them in a position where they can intervene at the critical points in the process -- the way lobbyists have learned to do."
Another Hill staffer turned blogger, Joan McCarter, penned an open letter to the Democratic Congressional leadership after the election, and posted it on DailyKos' coveted front page real estate. Even after election fever subsided, the site remains the eighth most popular blog in the country. (It beats techie favorites like the Google blog, better-funded news sites including CNN ticker, and even the traffic powerhouse ICanHasCheezburger, which posts pictures of cats.) McCarter pressed for Iraq withdrawal, economic renewal, health care reform and dismantling the unitary executive. "We've been in election land for so long on the blog that the community needs to regroup and change gears," she told The Nation.
The new blog arrives at at time when the traditional media is questioning the netroots' influence after the Democratic Senate Caucus embraced Joe Lieberman, and as some bloggers worry that Obama's initial appointments look more like a third Clinton term than bottom-up change.
This venture rebuffs Washington's penchant for measuring clout and the (understandable) urge to assess a new president. Instead, the Kossacks are bearing down further on legislative activism. In the end, it might even be a good route to influence, too.
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Posted by: 2thepoint on Nov 25, 2008 9:05 AM
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Considering the smear and inaccurate comments that come from that group I suspect Obama will smile and continue to ignore them!
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Posted by: ds1st on Nov 25, 2008 11:47 AM
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The only reason that is pushing for troop withdrawal in Iraq is to expand Islamic influence across the world and in the United States.
La-Qaeda is ANTI-GAY and would like to be-head all homosexuals. Remember what Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (president of Iran) who believes in the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure said “There are no homosexuals in Iran.” That is largely true, they are killed or hide their identity.
Joan McCarter is trying to push Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the fascist Islamic La-Qaeda regime ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL cause as often as she can, in disguises of being ANTI-WAR. In essence she is declaring war on HOMOSEXUALITY. This way the HOMOSEXUALS are in required to hide themselves or get be-headed per Islamic prophet Muhammad teachings; HOMOSEXUALS are infidels!
Question all of Joan McCarter articles and be weary of any organization that promotes her ANTI-GAY ideas. I can NOT trust Joan McCarter because she trying to turn back the clock on GAY RIGHTS and put us in jeopardy.
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Posted by: FAITHCARR on Nov 28, 2008 6:46 PM
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Posted by: davefromqueens on Nov 29, 2008 8:02 PM
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Daily kos is NOT the prominent liberal blog in the country, it's not even top 5 and it won't even be top 25 a year or two from now.
If you want to see why, look at how they mistreated Mr. Sirota today and you will see why so many people are leaving by the day.
Now as for this group being set up, Kos is trying to undermine Democrats so he can have "primaries" in 2010, something he stated to thousands at netroots nation in 2008. It's time you in the media with a wider forum stop promoting DailyKos as somehow representative of liberals, Democrats, or the netroots. I am a liberal, I am a Democrat, and I've been part of the netroots for years. And Kos does not speak for me.
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Posted by: whealeydj on Dec 1, 2008 2:56 AM
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Posted by: using on Dec 20, 2008 11:07 AM
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Posted by: 2thepoint on Nov 25, 2008 9:05 AM
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Considering the smear and inaccurate comments that come from that group I suspect Obama will smile and continue to ignore them!
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Posted by: davefromqueens
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Posted by: ds1st on Nov 25, 2008 11:47 AM
Current rating: 1 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
The only reason that is pushing for troop withdrawal in Iraq is to expand Islamic influence across the world and in the United States.
La-Qaeda is ANTI-GAY and would like to be-head all homosexuals. Remember what Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (president of Iran) who believes in the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure said “There are no homosexuals in Iran.” That is largely true, they are killed or hide their identity.
Joan McCarter is trying to push Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the fascist Islamic La-Qaeda regime ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL cause as often as she can, in disguises of being ANTI-WAR. In essence she is declaring war on HOMOSEXUALITY. This way the HOMOSEXUALS are in required to hide themselves or get be-headed per Islamic prophet Muhammad teachings; HOMOSEXUALS are infidels!
Question all of Joan McCarter articles and be weary of any organization that promotes her ANTI-GAY ideas. I can NOT trust Joan McCarter because she trying to turn back the clock on GAY RIGHTS and put us in jeopardy.
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Posted by: FAITHCARR on Nov 28, 2008 6:46 PM
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Posted by: davefromqueens on Nov 29, 2008 8:02 PM
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Daily kos is NOT the prominent liberal blog in the country, it's not even top 5 and it won't even be top 25 a year or two from now.
If you want to see why, look at how they mistreated Mr. Sirota today and you will see why so many people are leaving by the day.
Now as for this group being set up, Kos is trying to undermine Democrats so he can have "primaries" in 2010, something he stated to thousands at netroots nation in 2008. It's time you in the media with a wider forum stop promoting DailyKos as somehow representative of liberals, Democrats, or the netroots. I am a liberal, I am a Democrat, and I've been part of the netroots for years. And Kos does not speak for me.
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Posted by: whealeydj on Dec 1, 2008 2:56 AM
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