News from YearlyKos

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES SEE THE LIGHT: THE INTERNET
[SOURCE: Reuters 8/4, AUTHOR: Andrew Stern]
Every U.S. presidential candidate has a Web site, of course, but when the top Democratic hopefuls were asked on Saturday whether they would appoint a White House blogger if elected, all of them said yes. The candidates' impromptu show of hands at a convention organized by the leading Internet forum for liberal-minded writers on the Internet, DailyKos.com, was tangible evidence of the Web's increasing political sway. That seven of the eight Democratic hopefuls would show up at a convention attended by a mere 1,500 people -- joined by 250 members of the traditional media -- was further evidence that the Web is the medium of the moment. Many political analysts say the "blogosphere" has injected a more populist sentiment into the eight-way race to become the Democratic nominee next year. "You can't win an election with the 10 million people who read blogs. But you are going to get people who will get out there and knock on doors," said Markos Moulitsas, founder of convention sponsor DailyKos.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSMOL47799120070804

* FCC Commissioner: US playing "Russian roulette with broadband and Internet"
In a speech at the YearlyKos convention, FCC Commissioner Copps spoke like a man with a fire in his guts. He's proud of America but "worried" by the path that it has gone down with respect to broadband Internet and media consolidation, which he sees as ideas joined at the hip.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070803-fcc-commissioner-us-playin...

* A Diversity of Opinion, if Not Opinionators
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR200708...

* Clinton Wins Bloggers' Respect
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/05/MNS6RD3Q01.DTL

* Democratic candidates spar over K Street money
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/democratic-candidates-spar-over-k-stree...

* Bloggers seeking to form a labor union
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-bloggerunion6aug06,1,...

* The Rise of Kos
[Commentary] Perhaps you missed it, but Wednesday was the 19th anniversary of Rush Limbaugh's radio show. Limbaugh was celebrating his ripe old age, in media years, in the same week that liberal blog fans were trekking to Chicago for the YearlyKos convention. Therein lies one of the most important stories in American politics.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/02/AR200708...
* What It All Means
http://talkingpointsmemo.com//archives/016166.php

* Blogs stage prez debate - & win
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070806_Blogs_stage_prez_debate_-...

* Why Do We Suck? and Other Questions Political Journalists Asked Themselves at YearlyKos
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-rosen/why-do-we-suck-and-other_b_59252...