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2005 Koufax Awards: Best Blog, Professional/Sponsored Division

This category is open to bloggers who are professional journalists or blogs sponsored by larger media entities.

The Al Franken Show

Altercation

AmericaBlog

Attytood

Bloggermann

Chris Nolan

Cursor.org

The Daou Report

Dent

Hotline on Call

The Intersection

James Wolcott

Joe Conason

Joe Trippi

John Conyers Blog

Kicking Ass

The Loom

Margaret Cho

Matthew Yglesias

Media Matters

Mother Jones Blog

Orcinus

Political Animal/Washington Monthly

The Raw Story

Sirotablog

Talking Points Memo

ThinkProgress

TomDispatch

War and Piece

The Washington Note

White House Briefing

Wonkette


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The Loom.

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I have to go with the Daou Report for doing us all a great service while maintaining his own top-notch blog.

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I like Talking Points Memo - expanding the role of blogs since I don't know when.

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Bloggermann

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I'm required by law to vote for Dent.

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Bloggerman, of course - no contest!

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tpm

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Wolcott kicks ass quite consistently.

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The Loom, Carl Zimmer
-Jamie

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Political Animal

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I need to vote for Sirotablog. These kind are the progressives are the best.

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I gotta go with Sirotablog as well. He is a marvelous writer and works hard to stay current almost by the hour.

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Talking Points Memo (again, another difficult decision)

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The Daou Report

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Talking Points Memo, no contest.

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The Loom

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James Wolcott

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Damned tough choice here for me between Media Matters and AmericaBlog. Upon reflection, I have to go with the site that's accomplished the most. And thus I cast my vote for:

AmericaBlog

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Raw Story

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Orcinus

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Bloggermann

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Altercation gets my vote.

Americablog and James Wolcott are sentimental favorites, but Eric more reliably delivers the goods.

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The Loom

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Wolcott is the man

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James Wolcott

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Kickin' Ass

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talking points memo

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Wolcott

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Altercation.

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Orcinus

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Very close here.

Wolcott by virtue of great writing and frequency.

If Olbermann posted more often, Bloggermann would be unbeatable.

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Talking Points Memo

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wolcott, for spectacular writing, wonderful snark and always a quirky take on the mainstream

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Political Animal/Washington Monthly, with Mother Jones Blog and Matt Yglesias close behind

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I could say Attytood, for having the stupidest trolls; or I could say Sirota for being on target and feet to the firemost; and certainly Wolcott inflicts the most delicious sort of pain; but I guess I have to vote for Josh Marshall for his relentless pursuit of the Social Security Bamboozalooza, Almost a life sentence Randy Cunningham, Abramoff, and his recognition of the fact that the GOP and all of their corruption and scandals are the means to fund their slush fund, the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Slush Fund.

That is where all that money has gone, to fund the gop operatives like sensenbrenner and frist and delay and blunt and boehner and every little punk ass media toady like matalin.

So thanks Josh, and please don't stop.

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bloggerman

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Talking Points Memo. Josh rules!

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Josh should get 'should be in charge of this outfit'.

...Washington Monthly.

ash
['Just over Yglesias.']

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Americablog

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Media Matters

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talking points memo

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James Wolcott.

Just because.

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James Wolcott.

Just because

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The Daou Report.

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Political Animal.

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Wolcott

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James Wolcott

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James Wolcott

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Political Animal/Washington Monthly

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James Wolcott

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Talking Points Memo, hands down. Marshall is a pioneer of the form.

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Wolcott may be wittier, Sirota may have more fire, but Josh Marshall goes at his stories like a pit bull with a conscience.

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Talking Ponts Memo

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ThinkProgress

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Attytood

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James Wolcott

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Jamew Wolcott

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While I like several of the blogs listed here, Dave over at Orcinus is doing the most important and thorough work around. He gets my vote.

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Talking Points Memo

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talking points memo

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I have to go with Talking Points Memo. I think that TPM should be retired from this category. It is kind of like the 1980's US basketball team at the Olympics. I'd be a lot more interested in figuring out who is #2. Some pretty good blogs, all overshadowed by Josh.

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Talking Points Memo

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Orcinus.

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White House Briefing. Dare to be different

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The Political Animal/Washington Monthly

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ThinkProgress

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TPM

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Matthew Yglesias.

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Really tough choice...Josh's work on Social Security was invaluable, but I'm not as interested in the recent focus on scandals. The Washington Note provides some great insights, and the recent Bolton Watch feature is much-needed. I also enjoy The Intersection's focus on climate change and the government attacks on science, and regularly read War and Piece for her great insight. But in the end, I think Media Matters is providing the best and most necessary service - documenting the biases of the so-called liberal media. So, my vote goes to Media Matters - keep up the great work!

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TomDispatch.

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Winner:
Talking Points Memo

Honorable Mention:
War and Piece

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The Daou Report

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Americablog

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Wolcott

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The Dauo Report

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Dan Froomkin makes my soul glad.
White House Briefing fo' sho'.

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Talking Points Memo

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Gotta go with James Wolcott for consistently high standards

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James Woolcott

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Orcinus, no question.

Woollcott 2nd, absolutely!

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Orcinus

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Attytood, baby!

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The Loom

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White House Briefing

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WOLCOTT

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The Daou Report

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The Daou Report

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The Daou Report

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Altercation

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Wolcott

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Americablog, hands down.

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james wolcott stands out

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James Wolcott

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Cursor.org - best succinct portal into the major stories of the day - batting average far far above that of NYT and WaPo...

but also --- where do we vote for Empire Notes ? Has it been overlooked??!!!

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The Daou Report

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Cursor.org - best succinct portal into the major stories of the day, with a batting average well above that of NYT and WaPo combined...

but also --- where do we vote for Empire Notes ? Has it been overlooked??!!!

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The Daou Report

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Cursor.org - best succinct portal into the major stories of the day, with a batting average well above that of NYT and WaPo combined...

but also --- where do we vote for Empire Notes ? Has it been overlooked??!!!

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Matthew Yglesis

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Yglesias

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Wolcott

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Bloggermann.

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Talking Points Memo

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Intersection

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The Daou Report

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Wonkette

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Raw Story

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TomDispatch

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Talking Points Memo, without a doubt. He (and now his staff) just gets better and better. Muckraker is a great addition.

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Sirotablog

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Out of this list, I say TPM. Yet why no consideration for David Corn? His writing generally, and particularly on the Valerie Plame issue, has been excellent.

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Matthew Yglesias

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David Sirota

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Sirotablog

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Talking Points Memo. Josh does amazing work, actual reporting, and he's expanding his reach every day. He's an invaluable resource.

I'd like to show Raw Story some recognition as well. It's a great aggregator, and the one place I'd go if I only had five minutes on the 'net.

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Orcinus. Hands down.

Wolcott.

Cursor is a very good aggregator.

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Orcinus ... hands down.

Wolcott is excellent

and Cursor is a very good aggregator...

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Media Matters

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Orcinus!

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I vote for Raw Story, though in my Favorites list, I put them under, "News" rather than "Blogs." But among this most distinguished list, it's The Raw Story I check out first, so I'm bound by honesty to vote for them.

If we were using a weighted voting system, I'd put Media Matters in for second, and Talking Points Memo as third.

Ed

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Talking Points Memo

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James Wolcott.

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I vote for David Sirota in Sirotablog. He is the most spot-on, hard-hitting, genuine progressive out there! And, he isn't afraid to offend the Democratic establishment when they aren't working for the people? I recommend signing up for his email newsletter.

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Wolcott

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Media Matters

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Think Progress

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Wolcott

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Cursor

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Sirotablog

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Daou Report

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Talking Points Memo

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Wolcott

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James Wolcott.

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Think Progress

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Attytood

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orcinus

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Talking Points Memo

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Talking Points Memo

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AmericaBlog - a blog that can actually get results and make Ford and Microsoft sit up and listen.

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MediaMatters.

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Matthew Yglesias.

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Cursor.

(By the way, your comments delay script makes it almost not worth it to vote: I don't want to sit around and wait between each category and I don't want to go away and come back several times. You really otta scrap that script while the Koufax voting is going on)

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Talking Points since Josh is one of the originals that got me into blogs!

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White House Briefing

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I vote Raw Story here for always being on top of the news.

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Wolcott

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Attytood

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White House Briefing

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A vote for Al Frankin because he includes lots of best blogs to share their views

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TPM

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White House Briefing (take that, Li'l Debbie)

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Think Progress

This is still a horrible way to vote

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Sirotablog

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Attytood!

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Americablog

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AmericaBlog!

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TomDispatch

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Tom Dispatch

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Wolcott

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Talking Points Memo -- the mother ship.

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TomDispatch

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There are many of these on my current must read daily -- but

Talking Points Memo

has been a consistent must read for as long as he's been doing it.

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Yglesias

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Sirotablog

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Americablog

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Bloggerman

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The Daou Report

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Media Matters

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Political Animal/Washington Monthly

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I like Think Progress

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More Froomkin, please: White House Briefing

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Attytood - will bunch is a poopie head

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i vote for sirotablog, thank you

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Dent has a great balance of local, state, and national coverage.

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Talking Points Memo

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talkingpointsmemo

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Wolcott

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Americablog

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James Wolcott

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Cursor

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Cursor

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Orcinus

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Talking Points Memo

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Daou Report

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TPM

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I vote for RAW STORY

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TPM

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talking points memo

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raw story

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Orcinus.

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Cursor!

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Orcinus.

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TPM

I think Raw Story and Cursor are the best news sites.

All the ones getting votes and many that aren't are important.

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Gotta go with Media Matters

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James Wolcott

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I vote for the SirotaBlog

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Talking Points Memo. Orcinus and Political Animal (Kevin Drum)deserve kudos too.

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Political Animal

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americablog has done so many things so well this year

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Talking Points Memo is the best of the best.

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Cursor.org

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Talking Points Memo

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James Wolcott

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TPM

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John Conyers Blog

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Talking Points Memo. Josh Marshall does the kind of reporting, and provides the kind of background, that the MSM should be doing and aren't. The expansion of his site is an exciting step in building the kind of political reporting online that will counteract the dilution of coverage by other media.

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My vote is for Josh Marshall / talkingpointsmemo.

Honorable mention Yglesias, Clemons, and Drum. Keep up the great work, guys!

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Orcinus is the only one I read regularly, but Talking Points Memo is the place to go for hard political information and fact-checking outside of Neiwert's expertise, so I'll vote for TPM

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Talking Points Memo

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James Wolcott

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Al Franken

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The Raw Story

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I vote for the Al Franken blog.

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The Raw Story

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Al Franken blog, funny stuff over there.

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talkingpointsmemo

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talking points memo for doing the hard investigative work

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Al Franken Blog

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AmericaBlog

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ThinkProgress

This was close call, but TP is cleanly organized, updated constantly.

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ThinkProgress

This was close call, but TP is cleanly organized, updated constantly.

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Talking Points Memo

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Political Animal/Washington Monthly

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ThinkProgress

This was close call, but TP is cleanly organized, updated constantly.

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Media Matters

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Media Matters

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Wolcott.

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Wolcott

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americablog

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AmericaBlog

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Al Franken! Go Eric!

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AmericaBlog

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AmericaBlog

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Cursor

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Al Franken Blog

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War and Piece

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i vote for wolcott.

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Orcinus

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Huffington Post

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The Al Franken Show

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AmericaBlog

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Altercation with Eric Alterman

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Talkingpointsmemo

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So many good choices here, but Wolcott rules.

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Political Animal

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James Wolcott

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Talking Points Memo

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Talking Points Memo

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James Wolcott

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AmericaBlog

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Nothing makes me happier than a new James Wolcott post.

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Americablog. They change the world. Wolcott only comments on the world. All hail to the man in the arena!

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Absolutely read every day Vote for Talking Points Memo

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talking points memo

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cursor

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White House Briefing

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Kevin Drum's Political Animal.

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talking points memo

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Orcinus

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Hotline on Call

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joe conason

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Orcinus for good writing about very important issues

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There are few more courageous Americans than John Conyers,
Best Blog, Professional. He's going to help us impeach the thief.

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AMERICAblog

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Political Animal

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Talking Points Memo

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Talking Points Memo.

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Wolcott (again!), but kudos also to Eric @ AAR for making Al look good.

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Wolcott, and it's a pleasure to vote for him.

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Talking Points Memo

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James Wolcott

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AmericaBlog

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Mr. Wolcott

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Political Animal

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Talking Points Memo.

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Cursor. They depend on and link to a lot of the other nominees, but they're the single best corrective to the mainstream media I've found.

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talking points memo

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Wolcott, because no one snarks better

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talkingpointsmemo

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talkingpointsmemo

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TPM hands down (but I do adore James Wolcott!)

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TPM

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Think Progress

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James Wolcott

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James Walcott

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talkingpointsmemo

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The Al Franken Show

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James Wolcott

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ThinkProgress

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