TIME: Is Kos Really the Kingmaker?

[NVMojo]

Is Kos Really the Kingmaker?
He says no. But if Joe Lieberman loses his Senate primary and jeopardizes a Democratic seat, the leading liberal blogger knows that he and his colleagues on the left will be blamed
By ANA MARIE COX

Posted Monday, Aug. 07, 2006

On the eve of the Connecticut primary, the man the media has deemed kingmaker would rather be home, playing piano. "I just got a new one," says Markos Moulitsas, founder of the website Daily Kos and one of the most prominent voices of the online left. On a beautiful Bay Area afternoon, the heat waves of the Northeast and the heated debate of the Ned Lamont-Joe Lieberman Senate primary are far away — and Moulitsas would like to keep it that way. He says he's only talked to one other reporter and isn't planning on talking to any more: "I'm going media dark. People are getting the story wrong and I don't want to fuel that."

He's talking about the kingmaker line, and he rolls his eyes when I even refer to that narrative. Almost all the national coverage of the race has focused on how the liberal blogosphere has propelled Lamont — a skinny billionaire whose talking points consist of being anti- war and not Joe Lieberman — to his lead over Joe Lieberman. "Do you know how insulting it is, to the people that are working hard out there to win the election, to come in and say, some guy in Berkeley is the reason why Joe Lieberman's going to lose?"

So Lieberman's going to lose? Moulitsas back pedals. In recent days, Moulitsas has spent whatever time he has left over from denying that bloggers are responsible for Lamont's victory to denying that there will necessarily be a victory at all. "My mind says it's going to be a 4-6 point night either way," he says. "My heart says Lamont is going to win pretty solidly." Later, he scales down his prediction even further: "I'm not completely convinced Lamont's going to win tomorrow."

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[snowbear]

1. Awwww Markos (Kos).... if he loses...

...it will not be your fault buddy.

~~~~~~~~"Kos"~~~~~~~

[NVMojo]

2. looks like a kid here, like most of our soldiers ....

[Joe Bacon]

3. She's jealous.

Gee, Kos writes about important things that affect people, yet dear Anna Marie loved to write abut anal sex as Wonkette.

I'll take Kos any day!

[bluedonkey]

4. No kingmaker

Think about how many liberal/progressive blogs are out there and everyone of them with the same agenda:To win the house and senate back!
Ever since that convention they have their panties in a wad.Kos is just the scapegoat they will beat up on when it doesn't work out.You know they always need someonre to blame.

Like kos said:'The boots on the ground are much more important'.(paraphrased)

Blogs are a new support system.Let the cry about it!

[Eric J in MN]

5. Liberals across America were hoping someone would step

...up to the plate to challenge Joe Lieberman, and Ned Lamont did.

Kos didn't ask Lamont to run, as far as I know.