In the comments on my last diary post, I got into a little argument. Someone suggested that the purpose of DailyKos is simply as a Democratic election engine. I argued that it was also a reform blog. The relevant quote cited from the dKosopedia is:
"It's a Democratic blog with one goal in mind: electoral victory. And since we haven't gotten any of that from the current crew, we're one more thing: a reform blog."
Sounds like DailyKos exists as a Democratic blog focused on electoral victory as well as a reform blog. Long story short, we did not resolve the discussion. Argument. Whatever. So my question, which I hope you will discuss fervently in the comments as I do not have an answer, is this:
Now that we have achieved Democratic electoral victories on such a large scale, what is the current purpose of DailyKos?
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