By Jason Horowitz 7/23/08 12:09am

Power Of ‘MYBO’: Obama’s Web Site Surmounts News

Steve Hildebrand was getting an earful.

Barack Obama’s soft-spoken deputy campaign manager had just finished a panel discussion at the Netroots Nation convention in Austin, Texas, on July 19, during which he had called on liberal bloggers to help meet the demands of the 24-hour news cycle by beating back criticisms Read More

By Jason Horowitz 7/21/08 2:35am

Netroots Nation Reckons With Life After the Revolution

AUSTIN, Texas—By Sunday morning, most of the speakers and bloggers attending the Netroots Nation convention had gone home. In preparation for the convention’s final key note—a plenary on "eco-equality"—volunteers in the convention center’s gaping main exhibit hall distributed leaflets against various outrages ("No Forced Vaccination" or "Put Impeachment Back on the Table.") Ed Madej, a Read More