Monday, June 15, 2009

Consider This News

A few weeks ago I got a call from Patrick Hynes, my counterpart on this site, asking if I’d be willing to work with him on a new project. Patrick and I have been rivals for years, beginning with the 2004 presidential election when I handled John Kerry’s netroots outreach and he ran a prominent anti-Kerry blog. His site was a thorn in my side and problematic enough that at one point I resorted to doing oppo on him after he got hold of – and published - sensitive emails harmful to the campaign. Again, heading into the 2008 election, we found ourselves on opposite sides of a presidential race: he consulted for John McCain and I was an adviser to Hillary Clinton. Despite our ideological differences, a number of joint appearances at conferences resulted in an unexpected friendship…

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