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Now, you'd think we would have blogged from YearlyKos, but between drinking "Kos-mopolitans" at the obscenely lavish (and yet still painfully tacky) party thrown by Warner, and our Maureen Dowd sightings, who had time to break out the laptops?
But now, recovering from neon-induced seizures and back in DC's beige confines for another get together, there's time to reflect for a moment. Here's my reflection: not losing is good, I'm all for it, but what exactly was it that we believed again? Not exactly clear from the remarks of the process-obsessed bloggers, who want "strong Democrats" who "win elections" and "reflect progressive values." Um, ok.
Now I'm here in a press conference with Robert Redford, who just said that the blogs are like the "Wild West."
Sigh.
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Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
