Hillary faces boos from the bloggers

[T_i_B]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/04/wus104.xml

Hillary Clinton has been derided for her decision to skip a forum for Democratic presidential hopefuls being hosted today by Left-wing bloggers.

Boos greeted the news that Mrs Clinton would be the only main candidate not to attend the forum. It highlighted the suspicion she faces among the "netroots" - the blogger activists who helped propel the anti-war Howard Dean to within a whisker of the Democratic nomination in 2004.

But despite not attending the forum, she will be at the YearlyKos conference in Chicago, along with her rivals Barack Obama and John Edwards. Their presence underscores the increasing power of the netroots. They are fast becoming every bit as much a part of the Democratic establishment as the trade unions and black groups.

Mrs Clinton will be giving a conference speech to the "Kossacks" today but, unlike the other contenders, is not taking part in an individual forum afterwards. Her staff cited a "scheduling conflict" while rival campaigns suggested she wanted to avoid heckling about the Iraq war.

[GreenTea]

1. Only Murdoch, Roche Holding, Ken Starr & the corporate media are more deserving.....

[Alamom]

2. KOS; There was a miscommunication between D.KOS & Sen. Clinton

Posted several times Friday, Aug 3.


There was a miscommunication between Yearlykos and Senator Clinton’s Campaign which was never under the impression that Senator Clinton would be attending the breakout session due to a scheduling conflict.

We regret due to this miscommunication, the announcement was made so belatedly.


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By Friday afternoon, however, convention organizers said Clinton's camp had resolved a scheduling mix-up and that the candidate would appear for the separate session.




bluedog (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-03-07 10:25 AM

Senator Clinton Did Not Jilt Kossacks


from KOS site...........



Senator Clinton Did Not Jilt Kossacks

Thu Aug 02, 2007 at 10:06:25 PM PDT
Senator Clinton's campaign (and in fact those of every candidate participating) have been incredibly flexible and helpful in putting together this Presidential forum. Saturday is going to be an amazing day.

In the weeks leading up to the convention we worked with her campaign and the campaigns of EVERY candidate participating to accommodate a diverse array of scheduling and other concerns.

Yearlykos wholeheartedly disagrees with the sentiments expressed in the diary entitled "Effing Hillary Jilts Kossacks."

There was a miscommunication between Yearlykos and Senator Clinton’s Campaign, which was never under the impression that Senator Clinton would be attending the breakout session due to a scheduling conflict.

We regret due to this miscommunication, the announcement was made so belatedly.


We are ecstatic she will be attending the forum and that Anne Lewis will be representing her in the breakout session.


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kos4aug04,1,152104.story?track=crosspromo&coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=5&cset=true

Liberals look ahead at Yearly Kos
At the second such conference, online political activists celebrate their growing influence and consider their future role.
By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
August 4, 2007


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign spokesman also drew praise for protesting the O'Reilly attack on Kos. But the New York senator stubbed her toe when her campaign sent word that she would not have time for a personal "breakout" session with activists today. (In addition to the debate, the candidates will appear individually to take question from convention attendees.)

That news brought loud boos and accusations from some conferees that Clinton was out of touch.

By Friday afternoon, however, convention organizers said Clinton's camp had resolved a scheduling mix-up and that the candidate would appear for the separate session.