Daily Kos

A popular and influential liberal blog featuring commentary and analysis on the latest political maneuvering.

Author: A group blog, Daily Kos is the brainchild of Markos Moulitsas, aka "kos," who created the blog in 2002. Kos is a military veteran and trained, though nonpracticing, lawyer. He is author of the books Taking on the System and Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics and writes a weekly column for The Hill. Other posters include Daily Kos executive editor Susan Gardner and a number of contributing editors: stay-at-home mother Barbara Morrill; actor and playwright Arjun Jaikumar; novelist Mark Sumner; Dr. Greg Dworkin, chief of pediatric pulmonology and medical director of the pediatric inpatient unit at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn.; Georgia Logothetis, an associate at Arnstein & Lehr in Chicago; Internet consultant Michael Lazzaro; and Laura Clawson, a senior writer at Working America, community affiliate of the AFL-CIO.

Blawg Related Categories: Civil Rights • Constitutional Law • Criminal Justice • Executive Branch • International Law

Recent Posts from Daily Kos

Weekly Tracking Poll: Pelosi At A Six-Month High
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/16/2009-11/19/2009. All adults. MoE 2% (Last weeks results in parentheses): FAVORABLEUNFAVORABLENET CHANGEPRESIDENT OBAMA55 (56)39 (38)-2PELOSI:40 (39)51 (52)+2REID:32 (32)58 (57)-2McCONNELL:14 (15)68 (67)-2BOEHNER:13 (14)65 (65)-1CONGRESSIONAL DEMS:42 (41)53 (52)0CONGRESSIONAL GOPS:13 (14)71 (71)-1 DEMOCRATIC…
Senate Pushes "don't ask, don't tell" Down The Road ... Again
And so it goes: A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday.…
Over 8 Million Uninsured Children In America
Organizing for America (OFA) has announced the winner of their Health Reform Video Challenge: OFA will: ... air the ad on national cable and in D.C. beginning Monday, in an effort to up the moral…
Former half-term governor ditches fans waiting in cold
As both Kevin K. and Dave Weigel noted earlier today, Sarah Palin angered and disappointed fans in Noblesville, Indiana yesterday when she abruptly left a book signing promotion even though there were many fans still…
Midday Open Thread
Tenants are still "Lost in the Shuffle" when the foreclosure notices arrive. Facts are stupid things department: Testifying as an expert on the stimulus Thursday, Dick Armey admitted before the House Oversight and Government Reform…
Wyden 'free choice' proposal added to Senate bill
Update (1:11PM): It turns out that Wyden's legislation has not been folded into the actual legislation yet -- it still must attract 60 votes to be included. However, both Reid and Baucus have endorsed it.…
The Fox, the bow-gate poll, and the crickets
So Fox conducts a poll on whether or not Americans approve of President Obama's bow while meeting the Emperor of Japan. Given that they attacked President Obama mercilessly over the bow on Monday, it's likely…
AZ-Sen: Will There Be A New Maverick In Town?
Don't Arizonans know that he's a war hero? Senator John McCain’s future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican…
The Public Option Opt-Out
The good news on the Senate version of the public option is (beyond the fact that there is one included in the bill, making conference that much easier) that it uses the essential components of…
Abeckalypse Now!
They just don't make them any crazier than Glenn Beck: Transcript (new line signals edit point): What's in this legislation? The end of America as you know it, I believe. We are taking…