YearlyKos Convention to Host Dem Presidential Candidate Debate

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

Pretty Cool!! A blogger-sponsored debate!!!

Mark your calendar for the Yearly Kos convention, Aug. 2-5. Why? You remember how much fun we all had last year, right? How much you hated missing out on it, right? But now there's even greater incentive. Why? Because it will be your best opportunity to evaluate the Democratic field of Presidential candidates, up close and personal.

Today, organizers of Yearly Kos '07 are announcing an unprecedented forum featuring potential 2008 presidential candidates. From the press release:

"We are inviting the presidential candidates to join in a first of its kind dialogue with citizens and the netroots," said Gina Cooper, YearlyKos Convention Executive Director. "Successful candidates are learning to authentically engage citizens in an emerging, increasingly participatory society, and we want to ensure that technological progress brings about meaningful social change."

To foster a conversation that has the breadth, depth, and authenticity of a diverse voting public, this event, marking the first ever collaborative presidential forum with both a respected blogger and a leading member of the traditional media, will be moderated by Matt Bai, writer for The New York Times Magazine and author of a forthcoming book on Democratic politics, and Joan McCarter, contributing editor at Daily Kos. Dr. Jeffrey Feldman, author and blogger at Frameshopisopen.com, will ask questions submitted in advance from tens of thousands of blog readers and will facilitate questions from convention attendees.

Organizers are also asking the candidates to spend time in individual, unscripted "citizen dialogues" with convention attendees, encouraging substantive discussions that transcend the competitive nature of most joint appearances on the campaign trail. The events and conference are open to media and blog coverage.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/27/13125/1589

[Beelzebud]

1. Will Kucinich be invited? They HATE him at dailykos...

Last week they dedicated 2 front page posts to how fucking terrible the scary hippy liberal was.

Kos has outlived his usefulness. He "Crashed the Gates" so he could erect his own...

[SharonRB]

2. I'm glad I registered already!

Now I'm even more excited about going.

I hope Gore is invited -- even if he hasn't declared yet. But he probably won't be, since I doubt he'll declare before the fall (if he does at all). This would be a really important place for him to be, though, with all those bloggers in the room.

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

3. Hopefully Gore will be there

[quinnox]

4. Hillary Clinton will not be invited

Unless she makes an apology over her war vote to the guy running Daily KOS personally.

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

5. She was born in Illinois

I imagine she'll be there