Eyeing Obama Era, DailyKos Launches New Blog to Press Congress

[babylonsister]

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/state_of_change/385986/eyeing_obama_era_dailykos_launches_blog_to_press_congress?rel=hpbox

Eyeing Obama Era, DailyKos Launches Blog to Press Congress
posted by Ari Melber on 11/24/2008 @ 5:54pm


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.

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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.

[BlooInBloo]

1. I predict DU will suck ASS with a Democratic President...

because DUers will bitch about Obama every bit as much as they bitch about bush.

For that reason, I really like the Kos move, to focus a bit more attention to where the far, far larger problem is (now that we have a Democratic President).

[liberalmuse]

2. I'll be bitching about Bush for years.

What he's done to this county is simply incredible, and not in a good way. I hope that people remember who got us into this mess, and who will be working to get us out.

[anonymous171]

3. Good! Focus the attention where it's needed.