Yearly Kos Makes The New York Times

Sweet! In less than two weeks I will be in Vegas rubbing elbows with folks like Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Barbera Boxer, Senator Russ Feingold, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Representative Brad Miller, DNC Chair Howard Dean, General Wesley Clark, George Lakeoff, Chris Mooney and oh so many, many more progressive luminaries and activists. This is Yearly Kos, the first annual convention of the progressive blog Daily Kos.

The New York Times appears to have noticed what we are up to and they aren't the only ones... I've seen the media list and it is pretty impressive.

So what am I going to say to all these famous Democrats and political activists? I'm going to keep it simple:

Don't listen to the press and the polls. Do the right thing -providing oversight for the executive branch, defend the Supreme Court from further right wing extremists, call for an end to the unjust and illegal war in Iraq - and the public will catch up to you.

Return to Democratic core values: equal opportunity for everyone, educational access for everyone, affordable medical care, stand up for the little guy against the giant corporations.

Don't abandone your constituencies. Americans of all creeds and colors, mend and women, gay and straight.

Clean up your own mess - get Rep Jefferson and Mollohan off their committees and pressure themto resign from Congress. We are not the party of criminals; the Republicans are.
And finally - remember the words of Sam Rayburn: I am a Democrat without prefix, suffix or apology. Don't let the corporate media or Right Wing noise machine intimadate you. Stand proud and lead.

Anything you want to add? I'm listening.