Well its official....
The "Ask the Leadership" Forum won't be happening because "the leadership" won't go to Chicago..
http://www.yearlykosconvention.org/...
Update Below....
Here is the text of the announcement:
Work on Saturday? Only our favorite politicians in Washington. I am so sorry to announce that obligations in DC are forcing this fab 4 to change their plans regarding their scheduled YearlyKos Convention appearance tomorrow.
I know, I know--what could possibly be more important than our annual gathering of the Netroots? That's what I said!
We are officially listing Senator Harry Reid, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Rahm Emanuel as cancelled and are still hopfeul that Senator Chuck Schumer will be able to join us. Reid and Pelosi will have to remain in Washington because the Senate and the House are voting through the weekend.
Stay tuned to our website for more details as they come in. Again, this is regarding the Ask the Leaders Forum scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, at 8 am.
Perhaps we'll even be able to sleep in!
Now, keep in mind that this forum was scheduled for 8:00 AM... and was to be done by 9:15 AM. In other words, these "leaders" could easily have been back in DC by noon, if they wanted to be....
****************
UPDATE: well, this is rich. apparently there are all these crucial votes that require Reid and Pelosi's presence from 8 AM until noon tomorrow .... but somehow, Hillary has managed to fix her schedule so that she can do her "meet the YKos people" BEFORE the Presidential forum (and get to her fundraisers that night!), and none of the other candidates seem to think that these votes are so crucial that they have to change their schedules....
The facts are these. The right wing noise-machine has been demonizing Ykos and this site. Pelosi and Reid and Emmanuel aren't showing up because they are afraid of the O'Reilly, Hannnity, Hewitt, Beck, etc and their anti Ykos campaign. If Hillary can leave early so she can make her $1,000 cocktail party on time, and Dodd, Obama, Biden and Kucinich can all show up at YKos, there really is no reason why Pelosi, Reid, and Emmanuel can't lose a little bit of sleep and talk to the people who empowered them....