Kos Con
ShareHe may not talk regularly to Rahm or make recruiting calls on behalf of the DCCC -- and he can be disarmingly self-critical for a man of his ferocious reputation -- but Markos Moulitsas has juice.
Evidence? Minority Leader Harry Reid has agreed to speak at the YearlyKos Convention in Las Vegas in June.
We confess that although we keep close tabs on Kos's blog, we had no clue that he has a convention. Or what "YearlyKos" means.
Moulitsas tells us that though his name is attached to the event, it's not his -- Kossacks across the country planned it, and Moulitsas agreed to lend his name.
We'll take off a point or two for holding it at the Riviera, but hey -- the booze is cheaper there.
Republicans find Reid's attendance curious.
Don Stewart, an aide to Sen. John Cornyn says Reid is "opening himself up to a swarm of criticism by those who are offended by the vitriol spewed by that group. It looks an awful lot like an endorsement of their comments -- and that's an albatross he probably doesn't want."
Keying off some of Kos's writings, GOpers are trying to turn the phrase "liberal blogger" into a boogeyman phrase -- kind of like "Hillary Clinton" or "Nancy Pelosi" or "Howard Dean." Or what "Tom DeLay" is to Dems in their fundraising appeals.
BTW: Help us brainstorm names for conservative blogger cons:
Hugh-Witness '06
The Malkanthon Border Fest
RedState Ranch '06
Get Mohleria '06
Little Green SuperBowl
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