Netroots Nation In Quotes

"There's a really huge misconception in the traditional media about who we are as a voting group. And I say 'traditional media,' not 'mainstream media,' because we are the mainstream…On issue after issue, we are where the American people reside.”
-- Markos Moulitsas (aka "Kos")

“I’m even more confident than the money markets that [Barack] Obama will be the next President.”
-- New York Times columnist Paul Krugman

“There used to be an old-timey remedy for hangovers called ‘the hair of the dog that bit you.’ They’d recommend going in and just having another drink in the morning if you had a hangover. Well, that’s sort of what this reminds me of. ‘Oh, we have a fossil fuel crisis? Well, let’s just go back for more.’ When you’re in a hole, stop digging!”
-- Al Gore

“The bigger our victories, the more bipartisanship you’ll see in the Congress.”
-- Speaker Nancy Pelosi

“Still today we see the success of the Right’s project of cowing the media…We have a President who has been at 30% approval for about two years now. Where is that viewpoint reflected? Where is the viewpoint on television -- cable news especially -- that this is a country that soundly, almost universally, rejects this President? Where is that viewpoint portrayed?”
-- Duncan Black (aka “Atrios”)

“The way the mainstream media is treating Michelle Obama right now is a disgrace. It’s an absolute disgrace. And this community is in a better position than any community in our country to make sure it doesn’t go down that way."
-- Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)

“[Obama’s campaign has] millions of donors and the average gift is $68. You want campaign finance reform? I’ll give you campaign finance reform. When the average gift to your Presidential campaign is $68, you are owned by nobody but the American people.”
-- DNC Chairman Howard Dean

(Hotline's IAN FAERSTEIN)