Clinton Disses Bloggers? Or Is It Just Bad Communication?

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By Scott Shepard | Friday, August 3, 2007, 09:16 AM

"....Just as the first day of the YearlyKos convention of bloggers and Internet activists came to a close Thursday night, it was announced that Clinton would not attend a meeting with the activists on Saturday.

The announcement produced a round of boos and hisses from the 1,500 “netroots” who had just heard a speech from Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, the first of several keynote addresses at the convention.

Clinton will still attend the presidential candidates’ forum at the YearlyKos convention on Saturday. But she will be the only one of the candidates who will skip a separate “breakout” meeting with the netroots following the forum. She will send adviser Ann Lewis in her place.

YearlyKos Executive Director Gina Cooper said the Clinton campaign did not snub the “breakout” session. She said Clinton had never committed to it, and that a communications mixup had led to her being listed in the convention program as attending."

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2007/08/03/clinton_disses.html