As in 2003, when he rose to prominence filling Howard Dean's Internet piggy bank, he's funneling followers to sites where they can give money to candidates online; only now he has several hundred thousand more readers to hit up and a better network of informants in battleground states. At the same time, he's taken on the task of party-loyalty enforcer, backing candidates who wear their partisanship proudly and assailing those who seem too cozy with the other side on a range of issues.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
"Can Daily Kos Control the Dems?"
I wouldn't count on it. But it might not be a bad thing for it to happen, somehow. Newsweek:
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Considering the record of candidates backed by Kos in elections so far, the GOP is probably hoping that he does take control.
The money part of the Daily Kos equation is important. There's a reason why the right is attacking Markos and the Daily Kos community (which I am not really a part of - I think I've posted there less than 5 times since I joined back in 2004.) The right is rightfully worried that the progressive Netroots are offsetting the right's Direct mail/Talk Radio fundraising techniques. And while crazy politico is not wrong to point out Kos' record of backing candidates is not all that imposing, he has helped a elect a winner or two by sending some substantial money their way (Stephanie Herseth in S.D. comes to mind.)
That, I think, is what these attacks are all about.
money and other support is scaring the rovians, and they attack when they see a threat to their power.
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