New York Times on Netroot Nation 2008

Cotton Mouth founder John Leek is in Austin, Texas this weekend for the Netroots Nation 2008 conference. One thing is for sure, he will come back smarter than when he left. The New York Times examined both the netroots in general as well as the Netroots Nation 2008 gathering.

New York Times on Netroots Nation:

The convention, formerly YearlyKos and now Netroots Nation, or NN08, bills itself as “the most concentrated gathering of progressive bloggers to date.” About 2,000 bloggers, activists, office-holders, vendors and others are expected to attend, with 200 members of the mainstream media tracking them (yes, roughly one old-media type for every 10 new-media hipsters.).

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Mr. Moulitsas said in an interview that like other bloggers, he is finding his own voice in the cacophony of the blogosphere.

“I’m positioning myself, at DailyKos, which isn’t the broader netroots, to not be carrying water for anybody,” he said. “We’ll work to keep our party honest. We’re not going to pretend that just because he’s Barack Obama, his actions aren’t sometimes problematic. But that doesn’t mean we’re abandoning him or that we won’t vote for him. That’s ludicrous.”