Wampum

Best Post: Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque - The Perfect Storm

Best Blog Community: TPM Cafe

Best Group Blog: Daily Kos

Most Humorous Blog: My Boyfriend is a Twat

Best New Blog: Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque

most humorous: Angry Black Bitch

best single issue: Brand Avenue (place, space, and identity)

best series: Pooflingers "Lying For Jesus" series

Best Blog: Daily Kos
Best Blog Community: Daily Kos
Best Writing: georgia10
Best Post: Devilstower This post could cost me my job
Best Series Energize America, Jerome a Paris, Meteor Blades, Darksyde.
Best Single Issue Blog Pharyngula
Most Humorous Blog Fafblog
Best Expert Blog Juan Cole

I am shameless and will nominate myself for Best Series and Best State and Local.

War Liberal: Roy Moore

Best Blog: Digby
Best group Blog: Kos
Most humorous blog: World O' Crap
Best writing: Wolcott
Best community blog: Next Hurrah
Best series: Awaken the Mainstream Media (at Kos)
Best new blog: Political Cortex
Best post: They shot the "wrong man"
Most deserving wider recognition: Political Cortex
Most humorous post: Congressional Dems to split with Party?
Best pro blog: TPM

Best Post: Travels in Booland: Sara Crewe on Flight 105

Best expert blog: Cosmic Variance

Best Single Issue Blog: Dump Mike Ferguson @ http://www.dumpmike.com

Sorry, forgot this cat before.

Two more:

Though my site is in the Best New Blog category, I certainly can't exclude the wise and funny Neil Shakespeare: http://neilshakespeare.blogspot.com/

And one I haven't yet seen nominated for Most Humorous:
The Dullest Blog in the World: http://www.wibsite.com/wiblog/dull/

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Apostropher

Best Single Issue and Best Expert: Daily DeLay http://www.dailydelay.org

Best blog: Booman Tribune
Best blog community: European Tribune
Best writing: Billmon at Whiskey Bar
Best new blog: European Tribune
Best expert blog: Juan Cole
Most deserving of wider recognition: European Tribune
Best commenter: DeAnander at Moon of Alabama, European Tribune, et al...

 

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 THE BLUE REPUBLIC  

for the following categories

Most Humorous Blog - Most Deserving of Wider Recognition - Best New Blog

Best Blog: Eschaton (atrios.blogspot.com)

Best Pro Blog: Political Animal/Kevin Drum (www.washingtonmonthly.com)

Best Community: DailyKos (www.dailykos.com)

Best Writing: Hunter at DailyKos (www.dailykos.com)

Best Serious: Josh Marshall on Social Security early this year (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)

Best Group: ThinkProgress (www.thinkprogress.com)

Most Humorous: Jesus General (patriotboy.blogspot.com)

New: Booman Tribune (www.boomantribune.com)

State/Local: Clean Cut Kid (www.cleancutkid.com)

Best Blog
Daily Kos

Best Blog -- Pro Division
Juan Cole's Informed COmment

Best Blog Community
Daily Kos

Best Writing
Digby at Hullaballoo

Best Post
"America, Meet Your Shithead" from Bottle of Blog:
http://bottleofblog.typepad.com/bottleofblog/2005/12/america_meet_yo.html

Best Series
Firedoglake on the Plame/Rove/Libby/Cheney/?Bush? scandal

Best Single Issue Blog
Juan Cole's Informed Comment

Best Group Blog
Daily Kos

Most Humorous Blog
FAFBLOG!

Most Humorous Post
FAFBLOG's "Zen of Iraq" post at
http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/zen-of-iraq-todays-koan-comes-to-us.html

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
http://bottleofblog.typepad.com/bottleofblog/

Best Expert Blog
Juan Cole's Informed Comment

Best New Blog
I think Bottle of Blog was just started in the past few months?
http://bottleofblog.typepad.com/bottleofblog/

Best Coverage of State or Local Issues
?

Best Commenter
?

I nominate The Countess for:
Best Series for her posts on the documentary "Breaking The Silence: Children's Stories".
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/10/october_is_dome.html
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/10/more_on_breakin.html
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/10/still_more_on_b.html
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/10/supportive_arti.html http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/10/the_national_or.html http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/10/the_latest_fath.html http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/new_web_site_on.html http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/breaking_the_si.html
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/fathers_rights_.html
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/update_on_break.html http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/new_documents_o.html http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/more_news_on_sh.html http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/more_state_legi.html http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/breaking_the_si_1.html
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2005/12/pbs_releases_fi.html

Best Series for posts about Fathers 4 Justice.
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/fathers_4_justice/index.html

Best blog - Crooks & Liars
Best blog Pro - TPM
Community - dKos
Writing - Hullabaloo
Series - (2) Firedoglake/Plamegate and Arianna/Judith Miller-NYT
Single issue - TalkLeft
Group - AmericaBlog
Humorous - James TboggCott (They're both just so funny!)
Wider recognition - DCMedia Girl
New Blog - Think Progress
State/Local issues - Steve Gilliard
Commentator - Armando

Best Community Blog:
Booman Tribune

Best Pro Blog:
TalkingPointsMemo

Best Political Blog:
DKos

Best Commentator:
SusanHu at Booman Tribune

Best Writing:
James Wolcott

I posted a big batch of nominations previously. But I wanted to add my
Random 2005 Political Humor page. Every time you hit refresh you get something ... uh ... random:
Mad Kane's Random Political Humor

Look, for pure blogitude, and I'm talking maximum horse, er, dogpower, noone comes close to TheTalkingDog.Com. I mean really people, where else can I post my plans for world domination? It's the blog of public record for prospective world conquerors, like the Bush Family.

Time I got my butt in gear and made a few nominations. I'll skip the heaviest categories, since I'm pretty sure no one deserving will be overlooked.

Best Writing: Mark Schmitt

Best series: The Poor Man's Golden Winger Awards

Best Single Issue: The Stakeholder
Grits for Breakfast

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: West Blogistan's own answer to Susan Lucci, Julia

Best Coverage of State or Local Issues: Burnt Orange Report
Greg's Opinion
ArchPundit
Colorado Luis
The Jeffersonian
In the Pink Texas (oops! her domain was okay yesterday. i'm sure she'll be back online soon.)
PinkDome
A Capitol Blog
Dos Centavos

Best New Blog:
The Jeffersonian
In the Pink Texas
PinkDome
A Capitol Blog
Dos Centavos

Most Humorous Blog:
A Perfectly Cromulent Blog
Norbizness

I nominate Good As You for either Best New, Best Single Issue (gay), or Most Humorous.

Some funny ones: Another day, another dropped AFA boycott
Violence not funny, but ironic names always deliver
'Ex-gays' run ad opposing hate crimes legislation; relatedly, Dorothy and Toto said planning anti-tort reform commercial

Best Series/Most Humorous: Crittenden's The Presidential IMs from Huffington Post.

Best Blog
Billmon

Best Blog -- Pro Division
JM's TPM

Best Blog Community
The Daily Kos

Best Writing
Grand Moff Texan

Best Post
Melting the skin off children - Hunter
Science Friday: Thank Heaven For Little Girls - Darksyde

Best Series
Alphageek's survival series

Best Single Issue Blog
Juan Cole

Best Group Blog
ePluribus Media

Most Humorous Blog
The Rude Pundit

Best Expert Blog
Brad Blog

Best New Blog
The Political Cortex

Best Commenter
MSOC
Meteor Blades

Desi (Mia Culpa) for Best New Blog. Her old blog (Great Scat) was taken over via right-wing coup.

Mia Culpa:
http://miaculpa.blogspot.com/

Thanks

best new blog

www.thefirstchurchofhteneocon.com

This is totally shameless self-promotion, but it is on behalf of my compadres, not me alone. So it does not count as narcissism points. I am proud of my community!

Best Blog Community: The Democracy Cell Project (http://www.democracycellproject.net)

Best Writing: Casey Morris of The Democracy Cell Project

Most Humorous: Ask Polly Sigh (The Democracy Cell Project) http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/ask_polly_sigh/index.html

Single Issue: The Tao of Politics, Matthew Carnicelli (The Democracy Cell Project)http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/the_tao_of_politics/index.html

Justification: The DCP is made up of veterans of the John Kerry Blog. Most of the Crew were moderators on that Blog, and as such, they managed the discussions, kept the threads clear of vitriol, and answered the hard questions about John Kerry and John Edwards. They noticed the lies and misinformation that the mainstream media passed along, and how much of the blogosphere picked up on msm negative memes and repeated those memes as truth.

After the election was over, the community decided to keep fighting for the truth, and we wanted to keep the voices that had begun to speak truth to power growing and evolving. There are about 15 people who write thread headers, and about 50-60 regular posters on the threads.

The DCP is not partisan or candidate-driven any more. What has emerged is a mature group of witty, savvy, and informed writers. And rather than staying inside a bubble, the DCP encourages and rewards those who take truth to the streets, in actions.

Check it out!

Be the Media. Take it to the people.

Most humorous blog: The Rude Pundit

Most Humorous: Bobby Lightfoot

Best Series: Obsidian Wings on Habeas Corpus

Best Blogger: Hilzoy (Obsidian Wings), Digby (Hullabaloo)

I second Democracy Cell Project's nomination as the best blog community.

It is through DCP that I have found ideas for keeping myself active, even though I find myself in a very conservative community in real life. DCP has brought me in touch with many wonderful activists from around the nation and the world, and was the impetus for me joining the pro-peace activities of September 24th.

Best Blog: The Carpetbagger Report
Best Post: A League of His Own

Best Blog: Digby
Best Group Blog: Kos
Most Humorous Blog: TBogg
Best Writing: TPMCafe
Best Blog Pro: AlFrankenShow.com

Ok- I third the nomination of the DCP as best blog.
The posts on the blog are all intelligently written, with their
facts well documented.
And I post there too, so I know all that :-)

Barbara O'Brien should get the nomination for best writing, and the great work she is doing over at the Mahablog should be recognized as best blog

Best Blog: Iddybud
Best Blog, Pro Division: Washington Monthly
Best Blog Community: My DD
Best Writing: Natalie Davis of All Facts and Opinions
Best Post: Rosa Parks: She Sat, She Inspired
Best Series: All Facts and Opinions' continuing coverage of Catholic/Anglican Churches & Gays
Best Single-Issue Blog: Ex-Gay Watch
Most Humorous Blog: Mad Kane
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: All Facts and Opinions
Echidne of the Snakes
Newsrack Blog
Best New Blog: Crazy Fingers
Playback
Best Coverage of State or Local Issues: Newsrack Blog

Democracy cell project is my choice as well. I have visited the sites mentioned above, but none
is able to capture the activist aura that the DCP provides. The Five Minutes a Day suggestions
on the home page are simple suggestions for action that anybody can do. The blog postings are
educational, well written and thoroughly documented. Visitors are treated with respect when they present valid points for discussion. The forum is loaded with information that can be applied by anybody who
wants to empower themselves and their community. To me the Democracy Cell Project embodies
what its name implies, a democratic forum for intelligent conversation and information.

If you haven't visited the Democracy Cell Project, give it a try. http://www.democracycellproject.net

Best Blog Blah3
Best writing OpEdNews
Most Humorous Bartcop

Best Expert Blog: 3Bulls! at 3bulls.blogspot.com

Most deserving wider recognition: Riley Dog

http://blueplane.textdrive.com/rileydog.html

Most deserving wider recognition: Riley Dog...a work of minamalist art.

riley

Riley Dog is a weblog handbook referenced url.

Best Post
BottleofBlog: You Don't Need To Be A Weatherman To Know How Badly Bush Blows

http://bottleofblog.typepad.com/bottleofblog/2005/10/you_dont_need_t.html

Best single issue blog: 3Bulls!

Best blog: Daily Kos
Best pro blog: Olbermann
Best writing: The News Blog (Steve Gilliard)
Best state/local blog: Blue Oregon
Most deserving of wider recognition: Driftglass
Best commenter: Hunter @ Daily Kos
Best community blog: Daily Kos
Best group blog: Huffington Post

Best New Blog: driftglass

Most Humorous: Rude Pundit
Best Writing: Digby
Best New: Firedoglake
Best Post: Meteor Blades's Enough Already with Calling Iraq a Mistake.
Best Community: The Next Hurrah

Most Deserving of More Recognition: Making Light.

green LA girl's nominations :)

Best Blog: Worldchanging. I've learned SO MUCH through this blog!

Best Series: the Starbucks Challenge. For engaging bloggers around the world to stand up for fair trade coffee and to hold corporations up to their promises.

Most Humorous Post: Organic wine and angry lawyers don't mix. Okay -- I feel really narcissistic nominating myself all over the place, but damn it, it's a fun night to look back on :)

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: bootstrap analysis. A bird lover and environmentalist who's taught me to look more carefully at the natural world around me --

Best New Blog: green LA girl. What the hell.

Best Coverage of State or Local Issues: green LA girl. In regards to green living in Los Angeles :)

Best Commenter: Roger, gone green, of easy green. His comments about the ways big corps tend to react to consumer pressures to go "greener" was v. apropos and informative :)

I am nominating Liberty Street http://libertystreetusa.blogspot.com/ in
the following categories:

Best Writing, Best Post, Most Deserving of Wider Recognition.

Oh, I didn't put in an entry for Most Humorous Post above.
*yields to the urge to self-promote*
Regarding the Debate On Evolution - StealthBadger

Best Political Blog: Eschaton

Best Writing: Athenae of First Draft

Most Humorous Blog: World 'O Crap

Best Political Blog: Daily Kos
Best New Blog: Neil Shakespeare
Best Writing: Lance Mannion (close tie with James Wolcott)
Most Humorous Blog: The Rude Pundit

Best Blog: Seeing the Forest
Best Single Issue Blog: Seeing the Forest
Most deserving wider recognition: Seeing the Forest

Best Blog Covering State or Local Issues: OrangePolitics.org

Best Group Blog: SadNo

Best Commenter: teh l4m3 or Chuckles

Best Series: "assful of Secrets", the sadly, unfinished series at Sadly, No! that left us listening to Kaye Grogan reading her peotry to us.

Best Blog: It's a daily must read for me, even though most of the bloggers there are a bunch of Cobags and STAGMCs - 3Bulls!

Most humorous blog: Six Meat Buffet

Best/Funniest Post: Handy! Clip and Save! (this is a very important post for all you lefties out there whther you be a chumpnugget or a chunderwagon!)

also: It's a Traveshamockery!*. This post also gives reasons why 3Bulls should be the best blog ever conceived in the history of the universe.

Best Commenter who has his own google search - me. Check "THYCWOTI".

Seacrest out!

Best Series:~~~ The Tao of Politics, Democracy Cell Project, Matthew Carnicelli
(Best Posts in a series)~~~
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/09/a_bitter_annive.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/09/_the_benedictin_1.html

New Blogs:

Most deserving of Wider recognition~~~ The Democracy Cell Project.

It has a unique activist approach and their mission to edication, activate and empower all of us performs a vital outreach within our own communities and within the progressive community. They've designed a simple progressive pledge that shows the important values progressives have. *You can sign it and pass it here: http://www.democracycellproject.net/pledge.shtml

Are posts made after nominations were opened eligible for this year's awards? If so, I'd like to nominate Digby's post from yesterday for Best Post: Adults Wanted, http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2005_12_18_digbysblog_archive.html#113520865525186255

Also posted at my blog.

Best Blog
http://EdCone.com

Best Blog -- Pro Division
http://Wonkette.com

Best Blog Community
http://www.personaldemocracy.com

Best Writing
http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com

Best Post
http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/12/17/i-dislike-lucy

Best Series
Facing South on the murder of New Orleans: http://www.google.com/u/southernstudies?q=%22new+orleans%22&sa=Go

Best Single Issue Blog
http://OrangePolitics.org

Best Group Blog
http://OrangePolitics.org

Most Humorous Blog
http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/
http://patriotboy.blogspot.com

Most Humorous Post
http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/12/17/i-dislike-lucy

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
http://www.southernstudies.org/facingsouth

Best Expert Blog
http://americablog.blogspot.com

Best New Blog
http://BlueNC.com
http://freethecaptivesnow.org

Best Coverage of State or Local Issues
http://OrangePolitics.org (Covering Orange County, NC. "817 days, 711 posts, 15377 comments.")

Best Writing: The Carpetbagger Report (routinely simplifies and clarifies complex issues better than anyone else)

Best Pro Blog: Talking Points Memo (reliable, insightful, and trustworthy)

Best Group Blog: Americablog (most passionate, quick to respond to outrages, and able to stir up collective action)

Best Video Blog: Crooks and Liars (quickly posts multiple versions of most important video and events of the day)

Best Group Blog: Obsidian Wings.
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/

Hello all... thought I'd join the fracas of self-promotion as well... obviously, I'm new at this!

Best New Blog
The AntiCentenarian

Best posts~~~
Sweeping it Under the Rug, Suz Krueger, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/sweep_it_under_1.html
George W. Bush has more in common with Richard Nixon than with his father, Suz Krueger, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/08/george_w_bush_h.html
Hitting the Wall, Suz Krueger, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.com/blog/archives/2004/12/index.html#a000329
It's not the Sex it's the lies, Casey Morris, Democracy Cell Project
Pop Quiz:
Please Define "Bribe" for the Class, Casey Morris, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.com/blog/archives/2004/12/index.html#a000311
POLLY CELEBRATES AMERICAN POLITICS, Polly Sigh, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/polly_celebrate.html
Preaching to the Choir, Christy Cole, Democracy Cell Project, Rebellenation.blogspot
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/preaching_to_th.html
If I screamed it would you hear?, Christy Cole, Democracy Cell Project, Rebellenation.blogspot
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/preaching_to_th.html
Our Truly Trivial Media, Casey Morris, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/our_truly_trivi.html
This wasn't in the Sales Brochure, Casey Morris, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/this_wasnt_in_t_1.html
Evidence Mounts About July 2002, Casey Morris, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/evidence_mounts.html
If Not Now, When?, Suz Krueger, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/coingate.html
Coingate, Casey Morris, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/coingate.html
A Man is Not Honest Just Because He hasn't Had a Chance to Steal, Suz Krueger, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/02/a_man_is_not_ho_1.html

Best Series on Terri Schiavo
Giving Voice, Tutterfly, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/03/giving_voice.html
When Polictics, Religion, and Science Collide, Tutterfly, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/03/terri_schiavo_w.html
Another Reason Why Medicine and Politics Don't Mix
, KarenNichols, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/03/another_reason_1.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/03/appeals_court_a.html

The Democracy Cell Project's wandering reporter Karen, blogs the news the media hides from you:
Live Blogging the Conyers Hearing
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/live_blogging_t_1.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/_a_hero_is_one_1.html
http://www.democracycellproject.com/blog/archives/2004/12/index.html#a000332

Congress Shoots Big Bird, Karen, Suz, Casey Morris, and Victoria
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/congress_shoots.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/do_you_want_con.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/saving_big_bird_1.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/officious_washi.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/cpbs_kenneth_to.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/got_kids_we_nee.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/evidence_mounts.html
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/do_you_want_con.html

Best Post~~~
The Three faces of Bolton, Suz Krueger & Casey Morris, Democracy Cell Project
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/05/time_sensitive.html

Best Blog: Shakespeare's Sister
Best Writing: Driftglass
Best Post: You Bought It (Driftglass) or "Last Throes"? (Driftglass) or America's Battered Wife Syndome (Advena at 12th Harmonic)
Best Series: Katherine at Obsidian Wings with the fourteen-part series on the Graham Amendment
Best Single Issue Blog: Juan Cole
Best Group Blog: First Draft or Shakespeare's Sister
Most Humourous Blog: Fafblog
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: The Heretik or Driftglass
Best Expert Blog: Juan Cole

Best Overall: America Blog
Best Community: Daily Kos
Best Pro: Al Franken Show
Most Humorous (overall): TBogg
Most deserving of wider recognition: Real Values
Most Humorous (individual post): Melhi For Veep '08

Most Humorous Post: The Poor Man

Best blog - SeeingTheForest
Best blog Pro - Political Animal
Community - smirkingchimp.com
Writing - Digby - Hullabaloo
Series - LeftCoaster's WMDgate: Fixing Intelligence Around Policy
Single issue - TalkLeft
Group - Blah3
Humorous - Jib Jab
New Blog - Think Progress
State/Local issues - Steve Gilliard

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition

http://pastpeak.com

Great news and commentary, smart essays, and a daily photo (Gumpagraph)

Best Writing: PastPeak

Great environmental coverage that is really acessable to the reader who has perhaps not always kept up with the current trends. Plus a daily photo that brings a little zen to your life, plus often makes you think.

I would like to nominate The Fat Lady Sings for:

Best Writing -
Words for the wise
On Being Homeless
War and Remembrance

Best Post -
Why Do So Many Men Hate Women?
Misogyny at its Finest

Best Series - Memory
Subic Bay
Subic Bay Part 2
Subic Bay Part 3
Subic Bay Finale
It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times
It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times Part 2
China From The Ground
China From The Ground Finale
Sometimes I Think There Are Sharks Around My Bed
Bookends
Lovers Cross
Pain

Best Comments
The Fat Lady Sings on dKos & Booman Tribune
The Relative Death of a Child
Are You Racist?
Shove it O'Reilly!

I really like her work - she doesn't just copy what everyone else is doing. I think she has an original voice and is deserving of wider recognition.

Best writing: Arthur Silber, http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com

I nominate Michael Stickings's The Reaction for Best New Blog, Best Writing, Best Series (for Signs of the Apocalypse), and Most Deserving of Wider Recognition.

Best Writing:
All Facts and Opinion

Progressive thought and concise writing- sprinkled with recipes (no doubt to be used as therapy in these days of madness).

Best Blog Covering State or Local Issues: OrangePolitics.org

Humorous: Fafblog
Most deserving of wider recognition: shirah at unbossed

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: PastPeak

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: PastPeak

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: PastPeak

Best Blog: Talking Points Memo

Best Post: "Things fall apart," http://inthefray.com/html/article.php?sid=1342

Best Group Blog: Pandagon

Most Humorous Blog: August J. Pollak, http://www.xoverboard.com/index.html

Most Humorous Post: "The 'Blame Black People First' crowd," http://inthefray.com/html/article.php?sid=1281

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: PULSE, http://pulse.inthefray.com

Best Expert Blog: Juan Cole

Excuse the self-/group-promotion ...

I tried this earlier, but I guess it didn't work - so here it is again.

I would like to nominate The Fat Lady Sings for:

Best Writing -
Words for the wise
On Being Homeless
War and Remembrance

Best Post -
Why Do So Many Men Hate Women?
Misogyny at its Finest

Best Series - Memory
Subic Bay
Subic Bay Part 2
Subic Bay Part 3
Subic Bay Finale
It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times
It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times Part 2
China From The Ground
China From The Ground Finale
Sometimes I Think There Are Sharks Around My Bed
Bookends
Lovers Cross
Pain

Best Comments
The Fat Lady Sings on dKos
The Relative Death of a Child
Are You Racist?
Shove it O'Reilly!

I really like her work - she doesn't just copy what everyone else is doing. Anytime I see her name over at Kos I look. I really liked her stuff on violence and women. I think she has an original voice and is also deserving of wider recognition.

Best Post:
An apologia for Republicans, seriously---well, almost seriously
THE FATE OF NATIONALISM - Genetics and Cultural Lag
The Problems With Third Parties

Best Series:
The Fog of Withdrawal, Part One
The Fog of Withdrawal, Part Two
The Fog of Withdrawal, Part Three

Forgot one.

Best writing: Susie Madrak, Suburban Guerrilla

best blog- Atrios

humor- Chase me ladies I'm in the cavalry

writing- Roy Edroso

Best Blog: Rigorous Intuition

Humor: The Rude Pundit

Best New Blog: Effwit

Best Writing: Effwit

Best Political Blog: Eschaton

Best New Blog: The(liberal)Girl next Door

blogurl:liberalgirlnextdoor.blogspot.com

Best Writing: The(liberal)Girl next Door

Most Humorous: The(liberal)Girl next Door

Most Industrious: The(liberal)Girl next Door
(the girl can flat out write and write a lot!)

Consistenly topical, incisive & humorous, author Mollie
Martin is also unfailingly and unflichingly
self deprecating and self correcting, without being
a 'wind sock'! And, oh yeah, like the rest of us she WANTS OUR COUNTRY BACK, the sooner the freakin' better! A must read for all who enjoy the likes of
The Democratic Underground, the Daily Kos and
the Smirking Chimp.

DH

best blog- Atrios

writing- Roy Edroso

humor- Chase me ladies I'm in the cavalry

I nominate Pastpeak.com for Most Deserving of Wider Recognition. PastPeak's "hit" count passed two million last month. It took a year to get the first million and only five months to get the second. Visitors have come from 156 different countries.

Bob Harris for Best Blog!

Best Blog
Firedoglake
Brad Blog

Best Blog -- Pro Division
War and Piece

Best Blog Community
Booman Tribune
The Left Coaster
The Next Hurrah

Best Writing
Digby

Best Series
What Judy Miller Did as an Embed

Best Single Issue Blog
Chris Mooney
Deltoid
Real Climate

Best Group Blog
Firedoglake
Think Progress

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Yellow Dog Blog
Seeing The Forest
The Mahablog
Feministing

Best Writing:
hilzoy at Obsidian Wings for "Failures of Will"

Best Blog: Michael Berube or Bitch PhD
Pro Division: Americablog
Best Writing: James Wolcott and Michael Berube
Best Single Issue: Orcinus (the really radical right)
Best Group: Pandagon
Most humerous: Jesus; General or World o'Crap
Most deserving of wider recognition: Batholemew's Notes on Religion
Best Expert Blog: Phrylanga or Juan Cole
Best State or Local: Red State Rabble or Gone Mild
Best Commenter: Chris Clarke

At least to the best of my limited knowledge!

Best Post: hilzoy at Obsidian Wings for "Failures of Will"

Best Blog: Juan Cole's Informed Comment
Best Writing: Digby
Best Group: dKos
Most Humorous: Jesus' General
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Bob Harris
Best Expert Blog: Juan Cole's Informed Comment

I nominate Attytood for

Best Blog - great insight an original reporting on Irag, Plamegate, Rick Santorum and other stuff
Best Writing - consistently good writing, with appropriately witty zingers throughout
Best State and Local Coverage - great stuff on Philly politics and outrgageous antics in Harrisburg

Best post-Athenae, First Draft, Small Men

Sums up the pathetic nature of the rethugs as well as anything I've read.

I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed these threads for open nominations. I have visited so many new blogs this week and have enjoyed all of them. I will certainly have some new nominations for next year's Koufax Awards. Thank you all for sharing your favorites, as now many of them are my favorites too.

As a lonely Phoenix liberal, I have to support another one. Plus, he really is an undiscovered treasure, and one of the most passionate, articulate, and above all funniest bloggers active today.

Most humorous blog: No More Mr. Nice Guy!
Most deserving of wider recognition: No More Mr. Nice Guy!
Most humorous post: too many to choose from, but if I had to pick one:
Space (between Bush's ears): the Final Frontier
Best post: Junior Jumps the Shark

Best blog: Daily Kos
Best blog community: Daily Kos
Best writing: Mahablog, http://www.mahablog.com
Best single issue blog: Pharyngula
Best group blog: Unscrewing the inscrutable, http://www.brentrasmussen.com
Most humorous blog: No More Mister Nice Guy, http://goddamliberal.port5.com
Most humorous post: The Missing Sock Problem, http://goddamliberal.port5.com/art.php?id=429e8d9b
Most deserving of wider recognition: No More Mister Nice Guy, http://goddamliberal.port5.com
Best expert blog: Laurence Velvel, http://velvelonnationalaffairs.blogspot.com/
Best coverage of state or local issues: Red State Rebels, http://redstaterebels.typepad.com

Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry (humor)

Best Blog: Hullabaloo

Best Writing: Hullabaloo

Best Group Blog: The Next Hurrah

Best New Blog: Firedoglake

Most Humorous Blog: The Rude Pundit

Best Single Issue Blog: Talk Left

Best Pro: James Wolcott

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Prairie Weather

Best Series: "How do you like it now, gentlemen?" Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Best Blog Crooks and Liars

Best Blog -- Pro Division Tom Dispatch

Best Blog Community Think Progress

Best Writing Billmon (again)

Best Post Body and Soul, Claudette Colvin, Cindy Sheehan, and Us http://bodyandsoul.typepad.com/blog/2005/08/claudette_colvi.html#comment-8583117

Best Series War and Piece--- on Katrina

Best Single Issue Blog Talk Left (again)

Best Group Blog The All Spin Zone

Most Humorous Blog BobHarris.com

Most Humorous Post The Witlist Christmas Special http://witlist.blogspot.com/2005/12/witlist-christmas-special.html

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition Bills Big Diamond Blog (mine) http://billsrants.typepad.com/

Best Expert Blog Informed Comment

Best New Blog Firedoglake

Now, granted, I write for it. But in my defense, I wouldn't nominate my solo blog for anything. Tapped, however, strikes me as something of an underrated, if well-respected, gem in the blogosphere. My middling work aside, Matt Yglesias, Sam Rosenfeld, Mark Goldberg, Garance Franke Ruta, and Greg Sargent compose quite a dream team of writers with expertise and ability on an almost shockingly large number of topics. So there it is. It's terrific wonkery on a broader range of subjects than most solitary efforts can manage.

Best group: Tapped
Best pro: Tapped

Most Humorous Post:

best commenter: LowerManhattanite at Steve Gilliard's blog:
http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com

For Most Deserving of Wider Recognition, Liberal Girl Next Door is great. She's always commenting on the freshest news, has a real eye and ear for the nuances of White House propaganda, and she calls them as she sees them. There are lots of raging liberal blogs, but the girl next door is better armed than most.

http://liberalgirlnextdoor.blogspot.com

Best blog: Michael Berube

Best series: Michael Berube's about his son Jamie
Best writing: Billmon and Berube
Best commenter: Chris Clarke
Best post: Billmon - his daughter and her best friend

Best Writing: LitKicks.com
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: boggob.com

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Blog Them Out of the Stone Age
URL: http://warhistorian.org/blog/

Best New Blog: Blog Them Out of the Stone Age
URL: http://warhistorian.org/blog/ (March 2005)

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: The Marigold Trail
URL: http://themarigoldtrail.blogspot.com/

Best New Blog: The Marigold Trail
URL: http://themarigoldtrail.blogspot.com/ (February 2005)

Best Expert Blog: SyriaComment
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/Joshua.M.Landis-1/syriablog/

Best Expert Blog
BradBlog

Best Blog -- Pro Division
JM's TPM

Best Blog Community
The Daily Kos

More deserving of wider recognition
The Progressive Trail

Best Group Blog
ThinkProgress

Best Local Blog
BlueOregon.com

The Heretik deserves something, perhaps a juicy bone tossed aside, for his newly designed site. A certain bias may be detected here. But it would only be a bone. . . It wouldn't even have to be a big bone. Maybe just the wishbone.

Best expert: Juan Cole

Best Writing: Billmon

Best Series: Firedoglake on the Plame affair

Most humorous blog: Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Roy Edroso

Best blog Americablog
http://www.americablog.org/

Best Group Blog Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/

Most deserving of wider recognition The Moderate Voice
http://www.themoderatevoice.com/

Best Expert Blog Juan Cole
http://www.juancole.com/

I nominate Spittle & Ink for 2005's Most Humorous Blog. (Link: www.spittleandink.com)

I also nominate "Preview of Chalabi's Speech to American Enterprise Institute" as Most Humorous Post for 2005. (Link: http://www.spittleandink.com/simpleblog/default.asp?view=plink&id=134 )

For best blog I say The Poorman, and Best Post is the Enormous Disembodied Anus by the Poorman.

Best Post:

Idyllopus -- Casualty of Evidence

Best Series:

Pen-Elayne on the Web -- Estrogen Month

(Daily posts during the month of March 2005. All are great; here are three examples:)

March 2nd -- Estrogen Month, day 2

March 13th - Estrogen Month, day 13

March 31st - Estrogen Month, day 31

Which reminds me! I nominate for

Best Series Of... Of... Whatever It Is Tild Does:

Tild~ -- SHE-BLOGGER!

03/13/2005 Return of She-Blogger

03/27/2005 Sweet Savage She-Blogger

03/31/2005 Behold the Power of Estrogen

Thenk yew

Best Group Blog My Left Wing

Best Writing Hunter, shannika

Best Post MSOC: MLW Manifesto, On Profanity, Hunter: Melting the Skin off of Children

Best Series RubDMC: Iraq War Grief, DarkSyde: Science Friday

Best New Blog My Left Wing

Best Commenter wu ming

Best Blog Covering State or Local Issues: OrangePolitics.org

Best Blog -- Pro Division Altercation by Eric Alterman
Best Group Blog The Left Coaster
Most Humorous Blog Fafblog
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition Bartcomp has been waging internet war since 1996, you young whippersnappers.
Best Expert Blog The guys at Angry Bear for their expertise in economic issues and their ability to graph trends and economic history lucidly.
Best Coverage of State or Local Issues Arnold Watch in Kalifornia.
Best Commenter: I nominate the non-French commenters at Jesus General
The General, a manly Christian, is an 11 on a scale of 1 – 10 when it comes to defending Truth, Justice, and the American Way, but without his little soldiers and soldierettes, he is but a lonely cry in the wilderness.

Best New Blog: The Impolitic
http://theimpolitic.blogspot.com.

Most deserving of wider recognition: The Impolitic http://theimpolitic.blogspot.com.

Best blog : BradBlog

Everything comes together so well at BradBlog. Brad himself, his reporting and guest bloggers, the intelligent and creative BradBlog community...I'm addicted.

1.Best Blog-
The Sideshow- Avedon Carol
http://sideshow.me.uk/

2.Best Blog -- Pro Division
altercation
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/

3.Best blog community
altercation
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/

the american street
http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/

4.Best Writing
Simbaud at King of Zembla:
http://simbaud.blogspot.com/

5.Best Post
"How you became Crazy"(Avedon, March 2005):
http://sideshow.me.uk/smar05.htm#051326

and:
"Today Is The Fourth Anniversary Of An Enormous Opportunity"
Jonathan Schwarz, September 11th, 2005:
http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/000611.html

and, yes, myself: Hugo Zoom, January 2005:
?Inauguration Notes, or the Other?
http://hugozoom.blogspot.com/2005/01/inauguration-notes-or-other.html

6.Best Series ***

7.Best Single Issue Blog ****

8.Best Group Blog
Seeing the forest
http://seeingtheforest.com/

and Wampum
http://wampum.wabanaki.net/ (although I feel silly posting the URL, I guess I might as well be thorough.)

9.Most Humorous Blog
A Tiny Revolution-Jonathan Schwarz
http://tinyrevolution.com/mt/

10.Most Humorous Post
POWERLINE style Hugo Zoom, February 2005:
http://hugozoom.blogspot.com/2005/02/powerline-style.html

11.Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Skimble
http://skimble.blogspot.com/

and

A Tiny Revolution-Jonathan Schwarz
http://tinyrevolution.com/mt/

12.Best Expert Blog
Haroon Moghul
http://avari.blogs.com/

13.Best New Blog
Arvin Hill's carnival of horror
http://arvinhill.blogspot.com/

14.Best Coverage of State or Local Issues
BOR: Burnt Orange Report(covering Texas politics)
http://www.burntorangereport.com/mt/

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: DEDSpace
www.dedspace.blogspot.com

Best- Crooks & Liars
Community - Kos
Writing - Edroso
Series – Firedoglake on Plamegate
Group – Sadly no
Humorous – Chase me ladies, I’m in the cavalry
Wider recognition – Roy Edroso
New Blog – Emerald Bile
Best Group Blog: SadNo

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: DEDSpace

Most Humorous Blog: Fafblog

Most Humorous Post: "the long, jolly slog" AKA the War between Christmas, Secularmas, Kwanzaa and Hannukha.
http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/long-jolly-slog-i-hear-they-got.html

I am blown away by the depth, insight and painstaking detail of BRADBLOG! This is the most thorough and conscientious investigative journalism in media today -- and I mean all media, both mainstream and alternative. If you ever want to know what is truly going on beneath the covers, you have to check out Brad Blog -- and I'm not even sleeping with Brad! In fact, we met by sheer coincidence, via our mutual interest in debunking Ann Coulter's hate-speak. Brad convinced me to do an article on the Alachua Republican Party and Ann Coulter.

Best Blog: BRADBLOG
Best series: BRADBLOG's "Diebold Down for the Count"
BRADBLOG's "Feeney/Curtis/YEI Vote-Rigging Scandal"
Daily Voting News
Best Writing: Brad Friedman
Best Expert: BRADBLOG's John Gideon "Daily Voting News"
Most Humorous Blog: Jesus' General
Best Group Blog: Huffington Post

Best Local Folkbums Rambles and Rants

Best Group Blog: Huffington Post

Best Pro Blog: Political Animal

Best Writing: Mahablog

Best New Blog: Born at the Crest of Empire

Most deserving of a wider audience: No More Apples

Most humorous post: Motherlode's Baghdad on the Bayou

Sorry about the lateness of this:

A second on the nomination of fafblog! for Most Humorous Blog and also
"Long Jolly Slog" for Most Humorous Post.

Tried to get you over the top with a Paypal contribution, but it was inoperative at the time. Had a hard time finding this thread as well, but will try to hone internet skills accordingly. (Will return later)

Happy New Year to the wonderful Wampum, who does indeed revere the great baseball legend, Mr. Koufax. God bless you all.

Best blogs: firedoglake, Hullabaloo

Best use of metaphor in a political blog post: "Armillaria ostoyae Republicanus" at The Broad View. (I don't figure this is shameless self-promotion since the post's author isn't I, it's my esteemed contributor Chiaroscuro. And she doesn't even know that I'm nominating her.

Best Group Blog: American Footprints (nee Liberals Against Terrorism)

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Total Information Awareness

ok--sincere apologies if I doubleposted--not sure if I put my nominations in the right place--saw this thread, so here goes (again) and I really apologize if I doubled up

I'd like to nominate my blog, Liberally Speaking, in the new blog category (first post 9/05). Here's the blog: http://www.chrisedelson.blogspot.com

I'd also like to nominate two posts for best individual post:
http://chrisedelson.blogspot.com/2005/12/constitutional-crisis.html

and

http://chrisedelson.blogspot.com/2005/09/who-needs-united-states-government-we.html

thanks very much--really appreciate the contest

Best Writing

billmon

Digby-Hullaballoo

Best Group Blog:

American Footprints (formally 'Liberals Against Terrorism')

The Next Hurrah

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition:

Total Information Awareness

Legal Fiction

Stygius

Science and Politics

Best New Blog

The Next Hurrah

Firedoglake

Best Coverage of State or Local Issues

Your Right Hand Thief

Stygius

Best Commenter

nadezhda

Mimikatz

Eric Martin

Praktike

Here's a late nomination of The Moquol in Best Writing, Best New Blog, and Most Deserving of Wider Recognition categories.

Ok, I'm going to shamelessly self-promote here:

For best series, I'm going to nominate my discussion of work-family choices:

http://www.halfchangedworld.com/workfamily_choices/index.html

And I'll also self-nominate for most deserving of wider recognition:
http://www.halfchangedworld.com/

And I'll nominate Bitch, PhD for best writing:
http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/

Late to the game, but I'd like to add:

Best blog: Pharyngula

Best group blog: The Panda's Thumb

Best new blog and most deserving of wider recognition: Aetiology http://www.aetiology.blogspot.com I'll also add a recent post from there for best post: "Those who do not learn from history..." http://aetiology.blogspot.com/2005/12/those-who-do-not-learn-from-history.html thought that was a unique take on the intelligent design stuff, thanks!

Jesus General: Funniest post/ or best post
http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2005_12_25_patriotboy_archive.html#113550354713604817
Less painful than a crucifix

Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Driftglass, Steve Gilliard

Most deserving of wider recognition:Talk To Action

Nominated for Most Humorous:

Dear Leader's Daily Thought

Most Humorous Blog: The Rude Pundit
Best Blog Community: Daily Kos
Best New Blog: Merlot Democrats
Most Deserving of Wider Recongition: Merlot Democrats
Best Group Blog: Liquid List
Best Series: Firedoglake - Rove,Cheney,Bush scandal
Best Post: Limbaugh vs Limbaugh

Sorry I'm so late to the party, and forgive me if I duplicate any submissions already made but the threads are way too long to read through at this point.

Best Series - I guess nobody nominated my daily Silly Sites, so I'm going to nominate them myself. Also my Estrogen Month posts. End of self-pluggery. I'd also like to nominate Amanda Marcotte's Men's Rights Movement series.

Most Humorous Post:
Alex Pareene/Buck Hill - Also - Why Is There No Pornography On the Internet?
Amanda Marcotte/Pandagon - No, John, I'll tell you what women want
Lauren/Feministe - On Women and Blogging
PZ Myers/Pharyngula - Link to me, or the Bible gets it!

Best Post:
Amanda Marcotte/Pandagon - New theory: Maureen Dowd just has Stockholm Syndrome
Astarte/Utopian Hall - Political Parents
Billmon/Whiskey Bar - Radio Daze
Digby/Hullabaloo - Death in Life, ,
Echidne/American Street - The America Haters
Hilzoy/Obsidian Wings - As If She Wanted To Change Her Skin
Jeanne/Body and Soul - Thank you, Bedford Falls
John McGowan/Michael Bérubé Online - The Rhetorics of Violence
Leigh Ann Wilson/One Good Thing - Dawn of the Brain Dead
Michael Bérubé/Michael Bérubé Online - The sense of an ending
TheGreenKnight/Big Brass Blog - On Tolerance and Responsible Freedom

Whew - those are all my saved-up bookmarks over the past year. Thanks again for doing this, MB and Dwight!

Damn, my other two Best Post noms from Digby didn't register - sorry, I didn't code them properly. Here they all are again:

Digby/Hullabaloo:
Death in Life
Revival Hype
The Heart of the Democratic Party

And because my coding was screwy the following, link was wrong as well. Here that is again:
Echidne/American Street - The America Haters

Best Blog: Daily Kos
Best pro Blog: Huffington Post
Best Blog Community: Daily Kos
Best writing: John Aravosis at AmericaBlog
Best series: Cheers and Jeers at Daily Kos
Most humorous blog: Jesus' General
Best new blog: StreetProphets.com
Most deserving of wider recognition: My Left Wing

Best Blog: Steve Gilliard
Best group Blog: Kos
Best writing: Wolcott
Best community blog: Moderate Voice
Most deserving wider recognition: Tom Watson
Best pro blog: HuffPo

Best blog post: Chris Floyd, Clowntime is Over: Last Stand of the American Republic.

That's all I'm posting, because the above simply MUST be read.

Best Blog and Blog Worthy of Wider Recognition:

American Idle

http://www.americanidle.net

Best Blog
Kos

Best Blog -- Pro Division
Olberman

Best Blog Community
Daily Kos

Best Writing
Meteor Blades

Best Post
Hunter -- Burning the Skin off Children

Best Series
Firedoglake's continuing coverage of L'affaire Plame

Best Single Issue Blog
Defamer.

Best Group Blog
BooTribune

Most Humorous Blog
Wolcott

Best Expert Blog
Juan Cole, Informed Comment

Best New Blog
My Left Wing

Best Commenter
Meteor Blades

Also late to the party, but since nobody has nominated my favorite cranky uncle brigade in the commenter category, here goes:

John Thullen (Obsidian Wings)
Bob McManus (ObWi, YglesiasInc., Unfogged, oh, all over the damn place)
John "Zizka" Emerson (Unfogged, his own Idiocentrism)

For best series: C&J on Kos.

Best Series: Cheers & Jeers at dailykos.com

Best writting: Wolcott
Most Humorous: Bartcop
Most deserving a wider recognition: Bartcop
Best Blog Community: Daily Kos
Best Expert Blog: Juan Cole
Best series: Firedoglake/Plamgate and Talking Points Memo/Soc. Sec.

There are so many really worthwhile blogs now that it is almost unfair to pick out some as best. The list of blogs that get me through the day is pretty long and all have something to recommend them.

Best Blog: Daily Kos
Best Blog Community: Daily Kos
Best Writing: Grand Moff Texan
Best Post: Hunter for "Dear Whoever Comes Up With
These Things" http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/10/213022/60
Best Series Energize America: Jerome a Paris,
Meteor Blades, Darksyde.

best blog: Atrios

best new blog: Firedoglake

best writing: John Aravosis

most intelligent: Mark Kleiman

Best group blog: daily kos
best series: Cheers and Jeers at Daily Kos
best writing: Hunter at Daily Kos
best single post: Melting the Skin Off Children by Hunter at Daily Kos

Best Blog : Kos, Daily Kos
Best Blog -- Pro Division: Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Best Blog Community: The Booman Tribune
Best Writing: Hunter, on Daily Kos
Best Post: Hunter Melting the skin off children
Best Series: Cheers and Jeers, Bill in Portland Maine, Daily Kos
Best Group Blog: Daily Kos
Most Humorous Post: Bob Johnson I worshipped a squirrel
Best Expert Blog: Juan Cole
Best Commenter: Meteor Blades, Daily Kos et al

Best Blog: Daily Kos
Best Blog Community: Daily Kos
Best Writing: georgia10
Best Series: Cheers and Jeers (Bill in Portland Maine)

Best Blog: Daily Kos
Best Writing: Hunter - Daily Kos
Best Series: Bill in Portland Maine's Cheers and Jeers - Daily Kos

Most humorous blog nomination: rudepundit

Best state and local: Raising Kaine

Best Blog: DailyKos
Best Group Blog: DailyKos
Best Expert Blog: Juan Cole
Best Series: Cheers & Jeers (Bill in Portland Maine, DailyKos)
Best Writer: Hunter, DailyKos;
Best New Blog: My Left Wing, Maryscott O'Connor
Best Commenter: georgia10, DailyKos
Best Blog Community: DailyKos

Best Blog: DailyKos
Best Series: Cheers and Jeers, by Bill in Portland Maine
Best Blog Community: DailyKos

Best Blog: DailyKos
Best Series: Cheers and Jeers, Bill in Portland Maine
Best Blog Community: DailyKos

Best Series: Cheers and Jeers, Bill in Portland Maine
Best Blog: Think Progress
Best Blog Community: Crawfordslist
Best Writer: Hunter at Daily Kos
Most Humorous Blog: Rude Pundit

Best: The Heretik
Community: TPM Cafe
Writing: Digby
Series: Firedoglake on Plame
Group: Shakespeare's Sister
Humorous: Tbogg, Watertiger
Wider Recognition: Idyllopus
New Blog: Neil Shakespeare

Best Series: Cheers and Jeers by Bill in Portland MN

Best Community: DKos

Wider recognition: Past Peak

Best Blog: Americablog
Best Blog Community: Daily Kos
Best writing: Hunter
Best series: Cheers and Jeers at Daily Kos
Most humorous blog: Wonkette
Best new blog: StreetProphets.com
Most deserving of wider recognition: Kicking Ass (DNC)

I will open by nominating...
Our own Advena from 12thharmonic.com
Best Post
"America's Battered Wife Syndrome"
http://12thharmonic.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/07/americas-battered-wife-syndrome/
Mike Malloy Read it on air Among Others This was the biggest thing we ever had.
Common Dreams, Smirking Chimp 500,000 hits is a matter of days!

Single Issue
Brad Blog

Wider Recognition
Norwegianity
http://norwegianity.com

Best Commenter (From our blog. We invited her to write a post)
One of our readers steps up! JAG (Jen)
http://12thharmonic.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/08/30/one-of-our-readers-steps-up-to-the-plate/

In the Big Categories, It's too hard to get down to just one. They all serve the greater good.
C&L, KOS, Firedoglake, America Blog, etc.... My head swims.

Best Series: Daily Kos:Cheer and Jeers (by Bill in Portland Maine)

Bill unfailingly delivers a delectable daily dos (ok, so it looks like he might be down to Tuesday to Friday) of snark and statistics - he IS the glue that holds the DailyKosmanics together!