Bloggers Say it Again - They Like Edwards

[JohnLocke]

Bloggers Say it Again - They Like Edwards
Jose Antonio Vargas--"The Trail" Washington Post blog
Saturday, August 4, 2007
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CHICAGO - It's John Edwards country at the blogapalooza that is Yearly Kos.

We're sitting here at the progressive blogosphere's first presidential forum, to be followed by individual break-out sessions with the candidates. Sen. Hillary Clinton, citing a scheduling conflict, held her break-out before the forum, as opposed to after it, as the other candidates plan to do. She was warmly received, despite the fact that Edward Anderson, a Daily Kos blogger, walked around minutes before the session, passing around buttons that read "Bush - Clinton - Bush - Clinton" with a sad, yellow face.

But it was Edwards that shined in the forum. The former North Carolina senator received two standing ovations, his voice drowned out by applause as he derided special interests in Washington. When the candidates were asked if they'd have a presidential blogger, Edwards said he would - and her name would be Elizabeth Edwards. Edwards's wife was an early adopter in blogging, and she's been a crucial, encouraging voice in her husband's campaign on the Internet.

There are a few reasons why Yearly Kos is Edwards country. Since the beginning of the year, the former North Carolina senator has led the monthly straw poll at Daily Kos, the popular liberal blog that lent its name to this convention. Last month, he won 36 percent of the vote - with Obama at 27 and Clinton at 9. Joe Trippi, who holds rock star status here after he effectively used the Internet to build support for Howard Dean's campaign, is now a major force in the Edwards campaign. Mathew Gross, a former Deaniac who launched the first ever presidential blog, is a chief online adviser for Edwards.

So even on Sen. Barack Obama's birthday -- he turned 46 today -- in the town that he now calls home, Edwards seemed to rule at Yearly Kos.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/08/04/bloggers_say_it_again_they_lik.html

[babylonsister]

1. I think this might be a repeat;; search 'bloggers' or 'Edwards'. nt