http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kos11jun11,0,6134242.story?coll=la-headlines-nationFrom the Los Angeles Times
Net-Savvy Democrats Aim to Pack a Digital Punch
A gathering of online liberals indicates they're evolving into a force within the party.
By Ronald Brownstein
Times Staff Writer
June 11, 2006
LAS VEGAS — Fans of the popular liberal website Daily Kos gathered here this weekend for an irreverent and impassioned conference that blended elements of a political convention, a revival meeting and what one attendee called a "summer camp reunion for people who have never met each other."
The four-day event, which drew 1,000 people, may have marked a milestone in the evolution of the online liberal community from scruffy insurgents to an institutionalized force within the Democratic Party.
A procession of prominent Democrats appeared at the convention, testifying to the importance that the party now places on cultivating the online activists and bloggers who often describe themselves as the "netroots."
The conference heard from, among others, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and four possible 2008 presidential candidates, including former Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner.
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