YearlyKos Round Up
The YearlyKos convention in Chicago has come and gone. Some tidbits...
Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga addressed the masses. Watch the video here.
Due to "the people's business" back in Washington, the stars of the "Meet the Leaders" panel were unable to make it to the Windy City. The no-shows included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
Attendees got a sneak peak at a trio of not yet released films -- "The 11th Hour," an in-depth look at environmental policy; "Chicago 10," which relives the trial of eight prosecoturs who protested the Vietnam War; and "In The Valley of Elah," an examination of the personal cost of the Iraq war.
Former Washington Post writer and senior Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal set the stage for a discussion among bloggers Rob Levine, Cara DeGette, Ezra Klein and Abdi Aynte. Read more from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., reportedly "blew the money question" and got booed by a crowd of lefty bloggers and slammed by her rivals for saying she would keep taking cash from lobbyists to fuel her presidential bid. The New York Daily News has more.
The New York Times recounts a particularly interesting exchange between gun control advocate Nancy Robinson and Andrew Rasiej, the co-founder of techPresident.com.
The Young Turks from Air America Radio live-blogged at the convention.
Of course, there's plenty more from the big event. Search the blogosphere for additional perspectives.
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