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Without Bush, Left Forgets Wars

Kevin Spak — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:24:34 CDT

It wasn't exactly back in the Crusades that opposing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was the left’s most passionate cause, uniting activists and voters alike. Then George W. Bush left office. Now, even though there are still around 130,000 troops in Iraq and 68,000 and counting in...

Candidates Face Liberal Bloggers

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:32:42 CDT

Political campaigning took another step into the blogosphere today as Democratic presidential hopefuls vied for the support of the netroots community at the Yearly Kos convention in Chicago. Seven of the eight candidates answered sometimes-testy questions from what the AP called "powerful and polarizing liberal bloggers."

YearlyKos Gets Ready for Its Closeup

Jonas Oransky — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:39:00 CDT

Bloggers contemplating the off-again, on-again appearance of Hillary Clinton at tomorrow's YearlyKos convention can't quite get over how much more respect—would fear be an exaggeration?—they're inspiring in Democrats this year, compared to the last go-round. Joe Gandelman at the Moderate Voice asks whether it means the Democratic center...

Kossaks Will Wield Real Power in '08

Jonas Oransky — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:00:00 CDT

As Daily Kos opens its second annual YearlyKos convention in Chicago today, National Review ’s Byron York takes stock of the Kossacks' accomplishments since he dubbed them the "Vast Left Wing Conspiracy" in his book two years ago. Then, they had the power to shake up the Democratic Party but...