MyDD

MyDD is a group blog designed to discuss campaigns, the progressive movement, and political power. We do polling, research, commentary, analysis, and activism. Here are the three front-page writers. Todd Beeton: Todd Beeton is based in Los Angeles CA and has been blogging since 2004. He was a netroots activist on Calitics and The Courage Campaign b... efore MyDD, and writes about political elections and strategy from a non-policy based perspective. Jonathan Singer: Jonathan Singer is an editor of MyDD, a position he has held since November 2005. A graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, CA and a Juris Doctorate candidate at Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, Singer has been active in politics since 2000 and has blogged since 2004. For more check out Singer's biography on Wikipedia. Jerome Armstrong: Jerome's the founder of MyDD, and based in Alexandria, VA. He's consulted and worked for many organizations and campaigns, including Jon Corzine's '05 campaign, Sherrod Brown's 06 campaign, and the presidential efforts of Howard Dean and Mark Warner. He co-wrote the acclaimed book Crashing the Gate. In addition, there are other bloggers that will occasionally post on the frontpage, as well as dozens of bloggers from other blogs that post on Breaking Blue. Here are the guidelines for the MyDD community: Post as many comments as you like, but only 1-2 diaries per day. Do not troll rate (rating as 0) another user's comment unless it is a comment that violates one of the guidelines. Abusing this privilege will result in all your ratings being erased and/or getting a warning or being banned. 'Trusted users' are those users that have 'mojo' and are able to 'review hidden comments' and can rate any of those posts hidden by a '0' ranking. If a trusted user deems the post should not be hidden, they can 'rescue' the post with a '1' rating. Users who are excessively bashing the Democratic Party, or being Republican trolls, will be banned. Users who are spaming the site with unrelated material or the like will ...Read More