More on YearlyKos at Firedoglake

The posters at Firedoglake have done a good job of posting a number of things on the Las Vegas conference for liberal bloggers (I noted some conservative reporters and a fair number of moderate Democratic bloggers when I caught some of the conference on C-Span). I'm not sure how often people essentially become business partners without actually meeting but this paragraph from Christy Hardin Smith says something about the blogging phenomena:

You know, one of the best things about the conference so far for me was our FDL Caucus yesterday. It’s weird, because most of us had never met before in our lives other than online, but it really felt like we were all hanging out with family. I know that sounds a little corny, but that was honestly the atmosphere in the room — okay, family that really gets excited when they talk about politics and wonky policy stuff…but still, just like family. We’re missing the rest of you who couldn’t make the trip — just wanted everyone to know that as well.

Christy Hardin Smith is the most civil and therefore, for me, the most readable of the posters at Firedoglake.

Here's some opening thoughts from Pachacutec:

These liberals think they can make a difference in national politics.

They think they have values that matter, that they can go home after a conference ready to take back their communities and their country, one person, one neighbor at a time. Totally loony.

They think the Constitution applies to all presidents, even ones with "W" as a middle initial....

And here's Jane Hamsher, who can be quite nice when she isn't being shrill:

It’s pretty funny being here at Yearly Kos. Many Big Media Bores have shown up to write about — themselves. David Ehrenstein alerts us this morning to the presence of Ad Nags , who — like his fellow NYTimser MoDo — seems obsessed (on the front page of the Times no less) with the notion that bloggers may be angling to take their place in the cocktail weenie line...

Well, that was the best I could find on Jane. But from what I saw on C-Span it looked like she did a great job on the Plamegate panel; also Joe Wilson, Murray Waas and Larry Johnson were there with thoughts on the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame and the involvement of various Bush administration figures. I'm only sorry C-Span didn't cover more of YearlyKos.