One Last EschaCon Thing

The media spy from Philly's City Paper did a pretty okay job with his coverage of our weekend lovefest:

[D]uring the strategy session, when U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) ended her litany of grievances against the Bush administration with, "The next thing you know, they're going to give the contract to rebuild New Orleans to Halliburton," and nearly everyone quickly yelled back, in unison, "They already did!" it seemed as though a small amount of credence was lent to a pastime that boasts of immediacy and accuracy.

Blogger/panelist N. Todd Pritsky hopes that instances like this will convince politicians to take more than just financial stock in the increasing influence of blog culture. "To them, netroots and all this stuff is about raising money and maybe getting talking points to people. I think what this conference represents is that it's more than just a cash machine. It's not an ATM. I think it's people with common interests getting together and talking about, "What can we do?'"

As the panels neared their end, representatives from the DNC and DCCC discussed the possibility of a strong Democratic showing in '06 with the implored help of the crowd, many of whom were still busy updating the very blogs that made "something like this possible," says Pritsky. "I mean, shit, we were really just thinking of having a party."

Oh, look, I was quoted...

ntodd