As the train that is YearlyKos 07 bears down on us I would like to share some photographs and memories from YearlyKos 06.

    All of us who came to Las Vegas took a gamble. The gamble paid off in spades. For me it was a life altering experience- amazingly fun, interesting and breathtaking. The folks who spent a year planning and obsessing to create this event have my gratitude for giving us an experience that's right up there with the likes of Woodstock- a new wrinkle in our American culture. Everyone is still trying to puzzle out what it all means, but for sure the powers that be took notice and are variously worried or delighted at the prospect of another meeting of some of the most astute minds that reside in the blogosphere.

    Seeing and meeting some of the people we have come to know in the Dailykos community was like a novel coming to life, all the characters were suddenly three dimensional. What a high to hear and converse with some of my most admired diarists and hear so many of our most valued and revered political minds. They honored our community by being there.