First, Congratulations to Markos & the YearlyKos gathering for its successful convention and for the great work that's been done establishing a Democratic message from the Netroots to the politicians.
Although I was not able to attend myself, I was very interested in this year's convention and the gathering of candidates and bloggers in attendance. As expected, the MSM did not cover YearlyKos apparently because the gathering of all but one of the Democratic Presidential cnadidates is not sufficient reason to send a reporter or give any air time to the story.
So why is it that this morning on NPR, Cokie Roberts reported that Hillary Clinton attended the YearlyKos convention and was able to woe the crowd, a crowd that largely favored John Edwards.
The only news item that made it onto the air was Hillary's lust for lobbyist cash that got her roundly booed while on stage with Obama and Edwards. In fact, she attempted to justify her greed by saying that loobyists do, in fact, represent our interests.
Granted, there are a number of Daily/YearlyKos people who genuinly support Hillary and feel she is best for the job. I happen to disagree and will campaign against her candidacy until the Democratic Convention where, if she is the choice of the Party, she will have my support. But, from what I have been able to see, her performance at YearlyKos was underwhelming at best, and her reception at the hands of the majority of attendees was cool and reserved.
Why, then, does Cokie Roberts report as fact that Hillary was able to woe the crowd and imply that she won them over from Edwards?
I am anxious to hear responses from those who attended events where Hillary was and the actual crowd response she received. Thanks again.