Great article on the front page of The New York Times online about the influence of The DailyKos. Ttitled:
Offline Kos.
Daily Kos Takes the Conversation Offline. It is a write up by Chris Sullentrop about a Matt Bai article for the New York Times magazine about The Yearly Kos in Las Vegas.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/...
It is a "Times Select" article so you have to pay to play. The Matt Bai article will be in the Sunday Times Mag this Sunday
A part of Sullentrop's review Jumped out at me:
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"In a recent essay in the Chronicle of Higher education, Louisiana State University professor David D. Perlmutter suggests that he agrees with the first interpretation--the bloggers are replacing the old institutions. Perlmutter wonders whether blogs like Daily Kos function as "the new Iowa caucus," "the real `first in the nation testing ground' for presidential candidates. He writes, "The Nielsen//NetRatings service reported that in the single month of July 2005, Kos attracted 4.8 million separate visitors. The Kos audience is thus greater than the combined populations of Iowa, where the first presidential caucus takes place, and New Hampshire where the first primaries are held...
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We's Having a BIG effect on the world of Politics Kossacks .... keep on keepin' on ... See you in Las Vegas!