Approximately 1,500 online activists — bloggers, for the most part, that are collectively called the “netroots” — are meeting in Chicago for the 2007 YearlyKos Convention, an event named after the super popular, left-leaning Daily Kos political blog. The convention is the second of its kind ever held, and already it’s so important that the nation’s top Democrats, including the party’s presidential front-runners, attend. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is zooming into town for the event’s Presidential Leadership Forum, as are other front-runners.
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Will Bloggers’ Netroots Movement Replace Grassroots Politics?
Posted by: Chris Maxcer August 3, 2007 01:14 PMApproximately 1,500 online activists — bloggers, for the most part, that are collectively called the “netroots” — are meeting in Chicago for the 2007 YearlyKos Convention, an event named after the super popular, left-leaning Daily Kos political blog. The convention is the second of its kind ever held, and already it’s so important that the nation’s top Democrats, including the party’s presidential front-runners, attend. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is zooming into town for the event’s Presidential Leadership Forum, as are other front-runners.